Is Largo 'Overdue' for a Hurricane?

Weather Channel meteorlogists just released their annual Top 10 list of metro areas "most overdue" and "most vulnerable" to a hurricane.

The Tampa metro region – which includes Largo and Clearwater – tops the list at No. 1.

Evacuation, according to the Weather Channel, would be a traffic nightmare.

Second and third place on the Top 10 list go to two other Florida cities: Naples and Jacksonville, respectively.

To see the full Top 10 list, read the Weather Channel story.

(For the latest on the Tampa Bay weather forecast, see Low-Pressure System Could Bring Rough Weather to Florida.)

Meteorologists noted that the last time the Tampa metro region was hit by a hurricane was in 1921. That storm caused millions of dollars in damage.

The population has swelled since then, and the evacuation time if a Cat 5 storm hit would be 68 hours, according to the Weather Channel.

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