Refrigerators, couches, dressers, bookshelves and desk chairs are among the destroyed possessions found piled high in the front yards of almost every single home in Shore Acres. “It’s like you’re driving through a canyon of people’s lives on the curb,

Milton's center could come ashore Wednesday in the Tampa Bay region, which has not endured a direct hit by a major hurricane in more than a century.

As the booming region faces the possibility of a direct hit from a major hurricane, the risks from storm surge are severe.