Access to the barrier islands - Casey key, Manasota Key, Siesta Key and Longboat Key - closed Tuesday evening, Sarasota-area ...

are all closed," Sarasota County spokeswoman Sarah Nealeigh said. "We continue to ask people to stay off the barrier island if they are not a resident or a business owner so that folks out there ...

Manatee County plans to suspend water service to Anna Maria Island ... 7 p.m. Wednesday for the barrier islands it serves, following the evacuation orders issued by Sarasota and Charlotte ...

Hurricane Helene's storm surge inundated neighborhoods on Siesta Key, leaving businesses and residents with conditions unlike anything most had seen on the picture-perfect island barrier island ...

8:20 p.m.: “It's not going to be the same as what you left." Anna Maria Island devastated, Manatee County reports major damage Authorities say Anna Maria Island took the brunt of the damage in ...