Columbia, which opened in 1959 and is Sarasota's oldest full-service restaurant, is among the many St. Armands Circle businesses that sustained major flooding caused by Hurricane Helene, along with its sister restaurant,

At 11 a.m. Tuesday, Helene was moving toward the northwest near 12 mph with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. This general motion is expected later Tuesday and Tuesday night, followed by a faster northward turn to north-northeastward motion on Wednesday and Thursday.