The City of Fort Myers has soft launched a new emergency management app. It will provide evacuation zone details, provide ...

During the post-World War I Florida real estate boom of the 1920s, the population of Fort Myers increased six times over.

The remnants of Fort Myers Pier on Tuesday. It’s been a year since Hurricane Ian submerged the barrier island under nearly 14 feet of storm surge.

Fort Myers Beach slowly recovers six months after Hurricane Ian Nearly every building on the barrier island in Southwest Florida was damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Ian's 15-foot storm surge. It ...

Tom Houghton wastes no time. Three days before Hurricane Helene hit, the owner of La Ola Surfside was preparing for the worst, hoping for the best. “The crew was there today, moving some stuff ...

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — It’s a strange feeling, said Melody King, to be grateful for a hurricane that hit with 100 mile-per-hour winds. Waking up the day after Milton pummeled Florida’s ...

Fort Myers, Florida, which is about 80 miles south of where Hurricane Milton made landfall, suffered major flooding caused by Milton's powerful storm surge. CBS News' Nicole Valdes shows the ...

Fort Myers Beach. Two years after Hurricane Ian left almost every home and business in ruins and killed 14 people, this small barrier island dodged a bullet.

Shrimp is unloaded at Erickson & Jensen Seafood Packers on San Carlos Island on Fort Myers Beach on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, about a year after Hurricane Ian tossed most of the shrimp boats ...

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — The Tampa Bay region narrowly avoided catastrophic damage when Hurricane Milton moved south of its projected landfall late on Oct. 9. The hurricane's transition 70 miles ...

Island communities in Lee County, Fla., endured another bruising overnight — almost two years to the day after Hurricane Ian killed dozens of people in the county and devastated Fort Myers Beach.

Two days after Milton makes landfall, those in Fort Myers Beach are still trying to move forward. On Friday, cars were able to pass through Fort Myers Beach, assessing the damage and destruction.