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An Anna Maria Island landmark hanging by a thread after September’s Hurricane Helene is now gone after Milton slammed into Siesta Key Wednesday night. ... The City of Anna Maria also said city ...
Parts of Anna Maria Island were hit hard by Hurricane Milton. A landmark restaurant, the Rod and Reel Pier, was destroyed by the storm. The popular seafood restaurant opened in 1947 on the island ...
The images, captured one day after the storm struck the region, show beaches in Siesta Key and Anna Maria Island, another barrier island just north of Milton's landfall site, darkened and damaged ...
Holmes Beach banned tourists for 45 days after the hurricane. [83] Hurricane Milton also made landfall in Central Florida around two weeks later, complicating recovery from Helene and adding to the damage. [84] The state of Florida sued FEMA for failing to help victims affiliated with the Republican Party in the aftermath of Helene and Milton. [85]
Anna Maria Island was part of the Safety Harbor culture area for many centuries before the arrival of Europeans in Florida. Both the Narvaez expedition, in 1527, and the Hernando de Soto expedition, in 1539, entered the mouth of Tampa Bay, north of Anna Maria Island, passing the island by to make their landfall on the mainland.
A house lies toppled off its stilts after the passage of Hurricane Milton, in Bradenton Beach on Anna Maria Island, Fla. on Thursday. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP) (AP)
August 10 – Tropical Depression Five developed off the southwest coast, producing high surf that led to two deaths along Anna Maria Island. [96] August 28 – High surf from distant Hurricane Danielle killed a man in Satellite Beach, while dozens of other people had to be rescued by lifeguards. [97] [98]
Sand and water on the streets after Hurricane Milton, in Holmes Beach, Ana Maria Island, Florida. / Credit: Maxar Technologies At a condo building in Cortez, Florida, before-and-after photos show ...