"Everybody around us was completely dark at like five in the morning, and you see the lights on in our houses." Florida residents marvel at their impenetrable homes after hurricanes ravage ...

"How could we build to survive a Cat 5 hurricane?" Florida neighborhood stays strong after hurricane hits disaster-proof ...

Cortez’s popular Star Fish Company, a dockside fish shack that’s also one of the area’s best restaurants, will reopen ...

Imagine owning a Florida home in Hurricane Milton's path and choosing not to evacuate as the storm approached. This decision ...

Popular Sarasota, Bradenton waterfront restaurant, named one of the best in the country, set to reopen after month-long ...

One of the best waterfront restaurants in Sarasota and Bradenton for local seafood has reopened after a month-long closure ...

an 86-unit community in Cortez, Florida, about an hour southwest of downtown Tampa. Earlier this week, he told Business Insider about his decision not to evacuate even though his home was in the ...

In the midst of crumbled homes and flooded communities stands a single Florida development that survived Hurricane Helene without a scratch. Hunters Point, a housing development in Cortez ...

In the wake of Hurricane Milton, more than 3 million people in Florida lost power. But in a recently built neighborhood in the small town of Cortez, as soon as the storm took out the grid ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Cortez isn’t your typical waterfront community in Florida. The longstanding commercial fishing village in Manatee County is home to families going back multiple ...

See which popular waterfront and barrier island restaurants have reopened in Sarasota, Bradenton area following closures ...

A parade of Democratic leaders and A-list celebrities denounced the Trump campaign and comic Tony HInchcliffe for calling ...