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

Beyond the banana splits, Love Boat’s sundae menu deserves its own hall of fame. The Turtle Sundae combines vanilla ice cream with hot fudge, caramel, and pecans in a combination so perfect it should ...

Residents of the Newport Glen neighborhood in South Fort Myers are expressing frustration as recurring storms continue to ...

During the post-World War I Florida real estate boom of the 1920s, the population of Fort Myers increased six times over. ... Fort Myers in 1925 and the hurricane of ’26. Fort Myers News-Press.

Crews are working to clear debris from Fort Myers Beach canals after hurricanes Ian, Helene, and Milton. Debris ranges from household items to structural pieces like foundations and roofs.

Smokin’ Oyster Brewery (SOB), one of the most popular hangouts on Fort Myers Beach for more than 25 years, has reopened after ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Hurricane Helene left equipment and debris in its wake at Junkanoo Below Deck on Fort Myers Beach. In 2022, Junkanoo was completely washed away, while Fresh Catch was still standing but heavily ...

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.