Sarasota County Public Works Director Spencer Anderson announced Monday that the community will have to go through the rest of the six-month hurricane season without major repairs to Phillippi Creek, ...

Sarasota County has broken ground on a major flood prevention project, an effort slated to cost in total $64 million.

We live on Phillippi Creek, just north of Bee Ridge Road. We have lived in this particular house since 1998 and on the creek since 1979.Our house had 6 inches of creek water in it as a result of Debby ...

Nearly a year ago Phillippi Creek overflowed its banks, flooding dozens of homes, causing hundreds to evacuate and forcing others to be rescued by boat. The creek water level also rose over bridges at ...

Dredging is underway along Sarasota County's Phillippi Creek with the hope of preventing flooding from future hurricanes or ...

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — Sarasota County Commissioners have directed staff to expedite efforts to prepare Phillippi Creek for the upcoming storm season, focusing on critical flood control projects in ...

Sarasota County has started a multiphase dredging project along Phillippi Creek to address flooding issues during major storms. “Because flooding causes complete destruction,” said Clayton Pelletier, ...