Helene was never predicted to hit Tampa — it’s eye made landfall 180 miles north. But at more than 200-miles wide and winds whipping at nearly 140 mph near its core, it created surges that hit all along the Florida peninsula’s Gulf Coast. Most weren’t deadly, but on Pinellas’ barrier islands, the water wall came from all directions.

Storm surge impacts mainly coastal communities, but some inland communities could get inundated by the massive amounts of water.

It has been one week since Hurricane Helene⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ changed the lives of tens of thousands of people across the Tampa Bay area.

An NFC South showdown between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Atlanta Falcons proved to be the right combination to bring life to a football night that was on life support. It took overtime to find a winner in this one,

"GMFB" reacts to the Atlanta Falcons overtime thrilling Week 5 "Thursday Night Football" win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Welp, the Buccaneers let a huge opportunity to grab a strong hold of the NFC South slip through their fingers on Thursday night losing to the Atlanta Falcons in overtime. It was a high scoring affair and Tampa Bay’s defense could not come up with a big stop.