https://www.yourobserver.com/news/hurricane-season/www.yourobserver.com stories: Hurricane Seasonen-usFri, 12 Sep 2025 10:30:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/sep/12/storm-ready-comfort-steady-aqua-plumbing-amp-air-does-it-all-and-has-since-1974/Aqua Plumbing & AirFri, 12 Sep 2025 10:30:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/sep/12/storm-ready-comfort-steady-aqua-plumbing-amp-air-does-it-all-and-has-since-1974/https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/jul/11/sandbags-longboat-hurricane-season/Dana KampaFri, 11 Jul 2025 08:30:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/jul/11/sandbags-longboat-hurricane-season/The town of Longboat Key distributed sand to residents July 3 to help guard against flooding during hurricane season.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/jun/30/forecasters-gulf-possible-disturbance/Eric GarwoodMon, 30 Jun 2025 08:15:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/jun/30/forecasters-gulf-possible-disturbance/On Monday morning, the National Hurricane Prediction Center said the likelihood of development remained low over the next seven days.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/jun/30/luncheon-lessons-eye-of-storm/Madison BierlMon, 30 Jun 2025 08:00:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/jun/30/luncheon-lessons-eye-of-storm/The panelists at the June 25 luncheon were David St Pierre, SeaPort Manatee's senior director of public safety and security; Sandra Tapfumaneyi, Sarasota County's chief of emergency management; Abby Elliot, Oysters Rock Hospitality's senior director of operations; and Jodie Fiske, Manatee County's director of public safety. The moderator was Devaney Iglesias, the area manager of Florida Power & Light.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/jun/12/rising-together-when-storms-strike/Manasota FlooringThu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/jun/12/rising-together-when-storms-strike/https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/may/13/community-conversation-hurricane-preparedness/Ian SwabyTue, 13 May 2025 05:00:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/may/13/community-conversation-hurricane-preparedness/Sandra Tapfumaneyi speaks at the event.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/may/12/hurricane-season-approaches/Carter WeinhoferMon, 12 May 2025 10:00:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/may/12/hurricane-season-approaches/A partially destroyed home in the Twin Shores community on Longboat Key after Hurricane Milton.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/apr/03/hurricane-season-forecast/Ian SwabyThu, 03 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/apr/03/hurricane-season-forecast/Hurricane Milton at 4:50 p.m. Oct. 9, 2024.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/jan/09/fpls-storm-resilient-power-grid-prevents-more-than-800000-outages-during-active-2024-hurricane-season/Florida Power & Light CompanyThu, 09 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0500https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2025/jan/09/fpls-storm-resilient-power-grid-prevents-more-than-800000-outages-during-active-2024-hurricane-season/https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/09/fpl-milton-outages/Observer StaffWed, 09 Oct 2024 19:15:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/09/fpl-milton-outages/FPL and Pike electric trucks at Tuttle Avenue and Fruitville Road head out on their calls on Aug. 5, 2024, following Hurricane Debby.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/10/impact-hurricane-milton-sarasota/Observer StaffThu, 10 Oct 2024 08:50:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/10/impact-hurricane-milton-sarasota/https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/10/siesta-key-milton/Matt WalshThu, 10 Oct 2024 18:50:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/10/siesta-key-milton/Welcome to Calle de Peru — the standard look along the neighborhood streets east of Siesta Key Village.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/10/longboat-open-friday/Carter WeinhoferThu, 10 Oct 2024 17:35:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/10/longboat-open-friday/Longboat Key Fire Department Personnel shared photos of the island taken Thursday, Oct. 10, after Hurricane Milton passed through Sarasota.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/10/east-county-hurricane-milton/Jay HeaterThu, 10 Oct 2024 17:25:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/10/east-county-hurricane-milton/https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/05/milton-news-updates/Observer StaffSat, 05 Oct 2024 12:40:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/05/milton-news-updates/Hurricane Milton at 9 p.m. Oct. 9, 2024, shortly after making landfall near Siesta Key.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/10/sarasota-couple-milton/Jim DeLaThu, 10 Oct 2024 14:25:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/10/sarasota-couple-milton/Mauricio Colucci said his backyard flooded with 6-7 inches of water.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/10/historic-home-milton-damage/Andrew WarfieldThu, 10 Oct 2024 11:55:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/10/historic-home-milton-damage/https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/09/milton-choose-to-stay/Jim DeLaWed, 09 Oct 2024 18:30:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/09/milton-choose-to-stay/The yacht Blue Symphonie sits in a slip at Marina Jack in Sarasota. The boat's owner said he would ride out Hurricane Milton on board.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/09/sarasota-memorial-hospital-milton/Observer StaffWed, 09 Oct 2024 16:10:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/09/sarasota-memorial-hospital-milton/Sarasota Memorial Hospital recently released its 2024 Community Update.https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/09/residents-make-last-minute-preparations-for-milton/Observer StaffWed, 09 Oct 2024 13:04:00 -0400https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2024/oct/09/residents-make-last-minute-preparations-for-milton/Less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene passed, the region prepares for Hurricane Milton to make landfall.