Disaster Preparedness Seminar included insights into the town’s lessons learned as well as advice from local meteorologists ...

Friends of Longboat Key’s sea turtles started preparing for the nesting season, which officially starts on May 1. Volunteers ...

"We certainly got the highest storm surge we've ever had in our recorded history," Tipton said. Longboat Key’s fire protection was compromised after the storm surge caused a leak in the reserve ...

High tide at Longboat Key is 3:45 a.m., adding to the storm surge and destruction on the Key. Dezzi urged residents to plan now on where to go to escape the Key and the storm, and to leave “as s ...

It started at 4 p.m. with Town Manager Howard Tipton as the keynote speaker. Chief of the Longboat Key Fire Rescue Department, Paul Dezzi, said the seminar was a way of reflecting on the 2024 ...

Storm surge is anticipated to be 3 to 5 feet above the mean high ... Evacuation Level A includes all of Anna Maria Island and Manatee portions of Longboat Key, as well as coastal mainland areas. The ...

Have you ever experienced a storm surge? A new virtual reality simulation funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration brings the life-threatening hurricane phenomenon to life ...

Find the latest updates on the storm and its effects on Sarasota and ... all of Anna Maria Island and Manatee portions of Longboat Key, as well as coastal mainland areas. The evacuation also ...