An older couple who rode out Hurricane Ian in their home on Sanibel Island in Florida could not agree on evacuating after parts of the causeway to the mainland were destroyed. “We’re going. We ...

Sanibel Island was first inhabited by the prominent Calusa Tribe Known as “mound people” or “pile dwellers” for the structures they inhabited, historians believe the Calusa Tribe inhabited ...

In September 2022, the 12-mile-long barrier island on the Florida’s southwest coast was devastated by Hurricane Ian, with winds of more than 100 mph and a massive storm surge.

Two weeks ago, island residents were allowed to visit Sanibel by boat for the first time since the Category 4 storm made landfall September 29. Hurricane Ian killed at least 115 people in Florida ...

Sanibel, home to about 6,300 people, is located on Sanibel Island off the west coast of Florida, just south of Fort Myers.

SANIBEL, Fla. — The causeway washed out by Hurricane Ian that links Sanibel Island to the Florida mainland reopened with temporary repairs on Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced.