TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — When Hurricane Miton arrived at Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday night, it made landfall near Siesta Key, an 8-mile-long island just west of Sarasota. In this aerial photo, a ...

Joe and Carla Italiano flew down to Siesta Key from their permanent home in Ontario, Canada, after Hurricane Milton, fearing the worst − but hoping for better − for the famous beach destination that ...

MIAMI – Standing on a thick layer of sand, Adam Robinson’s head nearly reached the ceiling of his beachfront condo in Siesta Key – ground zero for Hurricane Milton. The storm had dumped much of the ...

SIESTA KEY, Fla. ‒ Standing in calf-deep water that threatened to swamp her pink rainboots, Kathleen Killeen stuck out her thumb as the heavy ex-military truck rumbled down the road. Driver Nicholas ...

Siesta Beach on Siesta Key off Sarasota was named one of the best beaches in the U.S. by Tripadvisor in 2023. Miami Herald file Note: The Herald and McClatchy news sites have lifted the paywall on our ...

A Siesta Key homeowner says the whole first level of his home was destroyed by Milton, which made landfall there as a Category 3 hurricane—and still, he considers himself one of the lucky ones.

Hurricane Milton – the first hurricane to make landfall in the Sarasota-Manatee County area in more than a century when it struck Oct. 9 near Siesta Key – could have been much worse. Twice reaching ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Residents and business owners in Siesta Key say they are feeling hurricane fatigue after getting hit by a second storm in as many weeks. Workers there are handing out free food, water ...

Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida, pounding cities with ferocious winds and rain, and whipping up a barrage of tornadoes. It caused at least 25 ...