ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — Sand is piled up to the first floor of most homes on Manasota Key, a sliver of land off Florida’s west coast, where devastation is widespread.

Scores of Manasota Key homes and businesses were severely damaged after Hurricane Helene landed on Sept. 26. Then last Wednesday came Milton’s much higher storm surge and more powerful wind ...

A drone view shows destroyed beach houses after Hurricane Milton made landfall in Manasota Key, Florida, earlier this month. REUTERS ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tourism officials on Florida’s Gulf ...