Ian has left at least two people dead on the barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico ... We’re going to rescue some people off Sanibel, which is cut off from the world right now,” he said.

Twelve people were rescued off the island with injuries and about 40 people were rescued without injuries, the mayor told CNN. Sanibel City Manager Dana Souza reported the two fatalities.

An official in Sanibel, Florida ... “Obviously our main access to the island has been cut off,” Souza said. “There’s been five breaches to the causeway, and so that’s significant ...

surveying and clearing debris off roads. The island experienced about 5 feet of storm surge, and the city is waiting for floodwaters to recede. There was no substantial damage to the Sanibel ...

They would have to hurry; the island would soon be pitch ... ferocious winds and turbulent storm surge. Cut off from family, friends and supplies by Sanibel Causeway’s partial collapse, the ...