Parts of Anna Maria Island may never look the same after Hurricane Helene brought new levels of destruction to Manatee County’s barrier island. Even though the Category 4 storm did not make landfall ...

Anna Maria Island residents are boarding windows, piling sandbags outside their doors and tossing their belongings into their cars haphazardly. Again. An unwelcome sense of deja vu has settled over ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Anna Maria ...

Residents of Collier County would be hard-pressed to consider the master-planned community of Ave Maria as anything but new. But would you believe it turns 20 this year? That’s right! Ave Maria, ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla. — Two days after Hurricane Helene brought heavy storm surge and flooding to the Tampa Bay area, a boil water advisory has been issued for drinking water on Anna Maria Island. In a ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLFA) — A precautionary boil water notice was issued for Anna Maria Island and the barrier islands in Sarasota County on Saturday following the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. “After ...

Tall mounds of sand lined the sides of a broken Gulf Drive as residents and business owners returned to Anna Maria Island on Saturday morning for the first time since Hurricane Helene. Manatee County ...

HOLMES BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — Students will be returning to Anna Maria Elementary next week after spending nearly a month away due to the extensive damage left by Hurricane Helene. A representative for ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Anna Maria Island took the brunt of the damage in Manatee County, and WFLA News Channel 8 got a look at the damage on Holmes Beach with a ride along with Holmes Beach ...