Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Heavy storm surge from Helene left the streets of downtown Tampa looking more like the open ocean – except at ...

A barrier known as an AquaFence is going viral after videos show it protecting a hospital along Tampa Bay. The company was founded in 1999 and says it is “protecting more than $30 billion worth of ...

Tampa General Hospital is installing its AquaFence system at its main Davis Islands campus as part of its 2026 hurricane preparations. The hospital says the upgrades to the flood barrier, as well as ...

Tampa General, a Florida hospital with just over 1,000 beds and the region’s only Level 1 trauma center, sits on the tip of Davis Islands. It’s one of the lowest-lying neighborhoods in the Florida ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The video of it keeping Tampa General Hospital out of floodwaters during Hurricane Helene "wowed" folks across the country, and now, St. Petersburg is getting their own ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — AquaFence, the company whose flood protection technology shielded Tampa General Hospital from rising floodwaters during last year’s hurricanes, is putting down roots in Tampa. The ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida Aquarium is getting a new line of defense against future hurricanes and storm surge. City leaders on Tuesday announced a donated Aquafence flood barrier system for the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Heavy storm surge from Helene left the streets of downtown Tampa looking more like the open ocean – except at the base of Tampa General Hospital, which employed a special fence to ...