Rain and lightning are picking up in Manasota Key. The waves along the beach appeared elevated, due to Hurricane Idalia. WINK News spoke to people who visited the beach to see how it compared to ...

MANASOTA KEY — The first thing residents brought up ... sat a pile of boulders that had been erected as a barrier to break waves crashing over the beach. Instead, Milton’s surge had crashed ...

The key is home to Sarasota County's southernmost beach, Manasota Beach, and county zoning regulations ensure sprawling properties. Single-family home lots are a required minimum of one acre ...