Manatee County purchased the property, including The Seafood Shack and Annie’s Bait and Tackle, but hurricane Helene damaged ...

Roughly 300 volunteers are signed up to plant a record 12,000 sea oats Saturday, starting at 7 a.m. on Anna Maria Island’s ...

Hatchling season is in full swing at Anna Maria Island, and thousands of baby sea turtles have already made their way to the ocean this year.

NOAA is testing a new storm surge warning system that provides precise geographic alerts to reduce unnecessary evacuations.

FELLSMERE, Fla. — With hurricane season underway and concerns over flooding in Texas making headlines, WESH 2 got a behind-the-scenes look at how St. Johns River officials prepare for storm surge.

ATHENS, Greece — Greece said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants arriving on the island of Crete following a spike in arrivals from Libya.

Anna Maria Island beaches contain more than 400 sea turtle nests while two early nests hatched out on July 3. Yes, it’s hatch time for this year’s sea turtle nesting season. Loggerheads, the sea ...

(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) Hurricane Ike struck the southeast Texas Gulf Coast in September 2008, creating a storm surge as high as 20 feet in the island city of Galveston.

Fourth of July celebrations were already canceled on Anna Maria Island in southwest Florida due to the risk of storms and flooding, while a celebration in nearby North Port, Florida, was postponed.