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Florida, United States
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Hurricane Milton ravaged one of the most popular areas for 'snowbirds' on Florida's Gulf Coast
• Oct. 23, 2024, 12:06 AM ET (AP)
Residents slog through flooded streets, clear debris after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida
• Oct. 11, 2024, 10:19 PM ET (AP)
The Latest: Hurricane Milton weakens to Category 1, but danger remains in Florida
• Oct. 10, 2024, 2:20 AM ET (AP)
The Latest: Hurricane Milton takes aim near Tampa Bay, Florida, once again a Category 5 storm
• Oct. 8, 2024, 11:09 PM ET (AP)
Fearful residents flee Tampa Bay region as Hurricane Milton takes aim at Florida coast
• Oct. 8, 2024, 11:05 PM ET (AP)
Clearwater, city, seat (1912) of Pinellas county, west-central Florida, U.S. It lies on Clearwater Harbor (part of the Intracoastal Waterway), just west of Tampa via the Courtney Campbell Causeway across Old Tampa Bay. Together with St. Petersburg, about 15 miles (25 km) to the southeast, these three cities form the core of one of the state’s largest metropolitan areas. Timucua, Calusa, and Apalachee peoples originally inhabited the area. The Spanish explorers Pánfilo de Narváez (1528) and Hernando de Soto (1539) visited the region. Odet Philippe, a former surgeon in Napoleon I’s navy, planted citrus groves there in the mid-1830s. Fort ...(100 of 284 words)