Warum Tampa so anfällig für Hurrikan Milton ist

Tampa, Florida, is the most vulnerable US city to hurricane damage. Delays to floodwater defenses and relentless development only made the situation worse.

Tampa Bay’s shallow seabed and built-up coastline make it particularly vulnerable to hurricanes. A [2015 report](https://research.fit.edu/media/site-specific/researchfitedu/coast-climate-adaptation-library/united-states/national/us—other-national-reports/KC–Co.–2015.–Most-Vulnerable-US-Cities-to-Storm-Surge-Flooding.pdf) from disaster modelers Karen Clarke & Co ranked the Tampa–St. Petersburg area as the most vulnerable city to storm surge flooding in the US. Despite multiple reports echoing the area’s vulnerability to storm surges, plans to beef up the area’s defenses have been delayed and in some cases vetoed by Florida governor Ron DeSantis. Now the area will have to face the most dangerous storm in a century with what in many cases are aging storm defenses.

Read more: [https://www.wired.com/story/why-tampa-is-so-vulnerable-to-hurricane-milton/](https://www.wired.com/story/why-tampa-is-so-vulnerable-to-hurricane-milton/)