Anna Maria Island took a major impact from Hurricane Milton's winds, but the storm surge did not reach the same levels produced by Hurricane Helene about a couple of weeks ago. City of Holmes Beach Mayor Judy Titsworth said she hopes residents who were ...

Hurricane Milton, which made landfall as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph winds off Sarasota, wiped out the Rod and Reel Pier, a seafood restaurant that opened in 1947 on the island’s northern end, according to social media posts from officials.

Hurricane Milton hit Florida's west coast Wednesday night near Siesta Key as a Category 3 storm just weeks after Hurricane Helene took landfall in the Big