MADEIRA BEACH — A raging river of Gulf of Mexico water ripped through the heart of Madeira Beach just minutes after deputies blocked access to Pinellas County’s barrier islands at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Hurricane Helene's storm surge inundated neighborhoods on Siesta Key, leaving businesses and residents with conditions unlike anything most had seen on the picture-perfect island barrier island ...

Tampa General Hospital has assembled its flood barrier, among other measures. Tampa General Hospital put its flood barrier to the test during Hurricane Helene late last month, helping protect the ...

Healthy dunes and coastal or maritime forests are natural defenses against both hurricane storm surge and sea-rise, absorbing water and pounding waves. Virginia Key, a barrier island between the ...

Projected storm surge of up to 15 feet would be the maximum the hospital’s flood barrier can handle. Tampa General Hospital's AquaFence flood barrier has been deployed since Hurricane Helene.