For decades Sarasota avoided a hurricane's direct. Milton finally made landfall on Sarasota's coast, but pulled its punch. Was it the legend?

Clean-up and recovery have begun in Sarasota and Manatee counties following Hurricane Milton. Here's the latest information ...

Live updates and developments about Hurricane Milton, which made landfall near Sarasota, Florida , after spawning tornadoes.

As of 11:45 a.m. Friday, 2,355,738 Floridians were without power, according to the website poweroutage.us, which tracks electric utility outages. Sarasota has dipped below 50% outage percentage.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that Hurricane Milton was a significant storm but not “the worst case scenario.” He ...

Hundreds of people were without power and thousands remained in shelters Thursday more as emergency crews assessed the Sarasota, Manatee area.

The deadly storm surge feared for Tampa appears not to have materialized, though the situation in the area was still a major emergency.

Milton pounded cities with winds of over 100 mph and heavy rainfall after producing a barrage of tornadoes before landfall.

Milton pounded cities with winds of over 100 mph and heavy rainfall after producing a barrage of tornadoes before landfall.

Milton pounded cities with winds of over 100 mph and heavy rainfall after producing a barrage of tornadoes before landfall.

Milton pounded cities with winds of over 100 mph and heavy rainfall after producing a barrage of tornadoes before landfall.