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After three days of closures County public schools have been cleared to open Monday. Manatee County has also planned a Monday ...
Hurricane Helene, now with winds at 125 mph, has sent rain, wind and storm surge into Sarasota and Manatee counties.
Hurricane Helene may have passed, but Sarasota and Manatee counties are still suffering from damage and flooding due to the ...
Hurricane Helene flooded streets, downed powerlines, and left debris strewn around Sarasota County. Teams were assessing the ...
Midnight Pass, a naturally formed inlet separating Siesta and Casey Keys, was filled in in the 1980s by Siesta Key beachfront ...
ABC7′s Linda Carson has covered the story extensively and recalls the turmoil, as year after year, groups tried to reopen Midnight Pass, which was closed in 1983 by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Stay informed about prep, evacuation zones, dangers, impact and the latest path as the storm heads near Sarasota and Manatee.
The storm surge from Hurricane Helene reopened Midnight Pass in Sarasota County — at least temporarily.
Category 4 Helene made landfall just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 10 miles west-southwest of Perry, Florida.