MANASOTA KEY — The first thing residents brought up is how back-to-back hurricanes cut a big new hole through their thin barrier island. They stood among the human-made structures destroyed by ...

Manasota Key is an 11-mile barrier island on Florida’s Gulf Coast located south of its busier neighbors, Sarasota, and Venice ...

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — Sand is piled up to the first floor of most homes on Manasota Key, a sliver of land off Florida’s west coast, where devastation is widespread. NBC News, escorted by Charlotte ...

So, we hastily planned a trip to the only place in Florida we’d never heard of, Manasota Key. Even Floridians aren’t entirely sure where this one is. We asked Lori Kizer, who lives in the same ...

They chose Manasota Key because of the old Florida feel, but old Florida and a hurricane usually ends with the beachy style, one-story homes under water and damaged.