In previous seminars to prepare the community, Longboat Key officials and others emphasized the importance of staying ...

Atlantic hurricane season begins during a tumultuous period at the National Weather Service, following significant cuts at ...

It has been nearly eight months since Hurricanes Helene and Milton wreaked havoc on parts of Charlotte County. WINK News reporter Maddie Herron revisited Manasota Key, a place forever altered by the ...

Four Sarasota-Manatee restaurants closed, six opened — including a revived 50-year-old icon — and one saved by $40K drive ...

After weathering four powerful hurricanes in two years, Florida Gulf Coast residents are preparing for the 2025 hurricane ...

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Volunteers showed up this week to replant the Butterfly Garden at Bicentennial Park on Longboat Key, and they're starting ...

Overseeing safety for the more than 80,000 inhabitants of the Conch Republic — the nickname for the islands after denizens ...

Longboat Key resident Kellie Day says Hurricane Helene storm surge flooded her home and it was time to go higher. Day said she expects the elevation of the house to be complete in two weeks ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Longboat Key will be enforcing a new re-entry program after hurricanes. Frank Rubino, the interim chief of the Longboat Key Police Department, says he helped develop the ...

Keep in mind that Florida’s hurricane season runs between June 1 and the end of November. How to Get There Arriving in Longboat Key is a cinch thanks to the growth of Sarasota-Bradenton ...

LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. (WFLA) — A man who was stuck in the Gulf of Mexico during Hurricane Milton remembers his experience living in a cooler for 17 hours before being rescued. When Milton slammed ...