MANASOTA KEY, Fla. – As the sun rises on another day of devastation, the residents of Southwest Florida's once-idyllic coastline are left to pick up the pieces and face an uncertain future.

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.

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 ...

So, we hastily planned a trip to the only place in Florida we’d never heard of, Manasota Key. Even Floridians aren’t entirely sure where this one is.