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Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in the U.S. state of Florida as a category 3 hurricane. Flooding is reported in the Tampa Bay area, including Tampa and other parts of Hillsborough County. Two deaths are reported with both being due to vehicle accidents.
2023-08-30

The National Hurricane Center releases a report announcing that Hurricane Ian, which made landfall last year in most of southwest Florida, has been reanalyzed and recategorized as a Category 5 hurricane.
2023-04-3

Protesters and Cuban exiles gather in Tampa, Florida to call for freedom and democracy in Cuba. In South Florida, protesters gather at the Cuban restaurant Cafe Versailles in Miami to hold a “liberty” rally.
2021-07-12

The first WWE show with fans in attendance since March 2020 takes place in Tampa, Florida, US.
2021-04-11

Florida becomes the first U.S. state to surpasses 1,000 cases of SARS-CoV-2 variants.
2021-03-21

Hurricane warnings are issued to multiple locations in Louisiana and Mississippi as Hurricane Sally approaches from the Gulf of Mexico with sustained winds of 50 mph. Flood watches are still in effect in Florida's west coast, including Tampa.
2020-09-13

Tampa, Florida police arrest Howell Emanuel Donaldson III and charge him with four counts of murder.
2017-11-28

Notable propositions are passed in several states including legal recreational marijuana in California, Massachusetts, and Nevada; medical marijuana in Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota; tougher firearms restrictions in California and Washington state; physician assisted suicide in Colorado, and the reimposition of capital punishment in Nebraska.
2016-11-9

Tropical Storm Colin forms in the Gulf of Mexico and is likely to hit Florida's Gulf Coast tomorrow.
2016-06-5

Bob Buckhorn is elected as the mayor of the US city of Tampa, Florida.
2011-03-22