Since then, their escape route has closed behind them: Ian pulverised the causeway ... trials did not end there. Hurricane Ian's eye soon bore down on the Fort Myers region, knocking out mobile ...

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A man is in the hospital with severe burns and his wife is also recovering after their mobile home caught on fire in North ...

The president called the mayors of Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Sarasota and the chair of Charlotte County to discuss the kinds of assistance they might need with Hurricane Ian making landfall.

The Sanibel Causeway was damaged during Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28, 2022. Sections of the causeway were washed away during the storm. The island was not reachable by cars or trucks for a short ...

Hurricane Ian remembrance ceremony on Fort Myers Beach canceled Citing the effects ... island residents were only allowed to travel the Causeway off the island. Officials said only emergency ...

By the following day, almost every single person there had headed off the island, fearing the wrath of those same waters as Hurricane Ian ... Southwest Florida in Fort Myers rode out the storm ...

While a few coastal businesses have opened following Hurricane Ian, one faces more challenges than most. The Sept. 28 storm devastated the Fort Myers Beach shrimping industry. The two largest ...

More than two years ago one of the worst hurricanes to ever hit this part of Florida, Hurricane Ian, crashed into the Southwest Florida coast with a historic 15-foot storm surge, causing unprecedented ...

The hurricane caused catastrophic flooding and destruction across the state, decimating homes and businesses in some of Florida's fastest-growing cities, including Fort Myers. Residents are now ...

The Fort Myers-based company owns 53,371 acres ... reflecting damage from Hurricane Milton. If the 12 million-box prediction holds, it will be 33% less than last season’s final production.