Florida is the state where the most people and the most properties will be at risk of experiencing “severe coastal flooding” ...

By the time the first major flood struck in September 1962, Sarasota County suffered about ... got the biggest swimming pool in the state of Florida.” Then in November 1997, parts of the ...

Sarasota County commissioners have made clear at that the dredging of Phillippi Creek is at the top of their hurricane ...

Manatee County will spend at least $2 million to hire contractors to help cleanout clogged canals ahead of the 2025 hurricane ...

Locals said the flooding has worsened in recent years, making it difficult to navigate local streets even after brief storms.

For the second day in a row, homes were evacuated in Florida as a brush fire threatened residents, this time in Palm City.

Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. ET near Sarasota, generating catastrophic storm surge and life-threatening flooding across west-central Florida.

The 2024 storms only accelerated that process, leading to increased flood risk ... a presentation Wednesday, the Sarasota extension of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural ...