But when Hurricane Idalia hit, the rain, storm surge and a king tide were a perfect recipe for disaster. The storm stripped Pinellas County beaches bare. Much of the beach and the dunes washed ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — As Hurricane Idalia slammed into the Gulf Coast shoreline, Tampa Bay-area beaches took the brunt of the storm. The sand was forced inland as every single Pinellas County ...

Before-and-after images by Ping Wang, a coastal erosion researcher at USF, show what he called the most dramatic erosion he’d seen to Pinellas beaches by a single storm ... photos show the toll ...

according to Pinellas County officials. The county tapped funds from its tourism development tax to restore the dunes after Hurricane Idalia’s storm surge wiped them out. Officials hoped to ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Residents in Pinellas County impacted by Hurricane Idalia can now apply for FEMA assistance. Pinellas County has been added to the list of Florida counties under the ...

Pinellas officials have issued their first evacuation orders ahead of Idalia, the tropical storm swirling south of Florida that’s expected to hit the state as a powerful hurricane later this week.

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla ... as the final preparations take place ahead of Idalia. However, many business owners are concerned about the storm surge and possible flooding. Tidal flooding has been ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — When it comes to Tropical Storm Idalia, on Monday afternoon, St. Petersburg's Mayor Ken Welch made one thing crystal clear—he wants residents to take the storm seriously.

Hurricane Idalia brought “catastrophic storm surge” to a swath of the Gulf ... He was declared dead at the scene by Alachua County Fire Rescue responders. The second man died in Paco County ...

Cathie Perkins, the director of Pinellas County Emergency Management, said if you flooded during Idalia or Eta, you’re probably going to flood again during Helene. Perkins said this storm is ...