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Map of Florida Beaches Too Beautiful to Be Real
To make planning the ultimate road trip easier, here is a very handy map of Florida ... Near Fort Myers, Sanibel Island is a ...
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Florida city of Sanibel turns 50 on Election Day, but island has long history. Some fun facts
Sanibel is home to over 250 shell species, many coating the perimeter of the island with different shapes and colors of shells. It’s one of the very few islands in Florida that run perpendicular ...
The New York Times2y
On Sanibel Island, a Search for Stranded Residents Slogs On
About 200 households did not leave ahead of Hurricane Ian. Rescue teams are tracking down the stranded and evacuating them — if they are willing. A neighbor watched as the Stasi family evacuated ...
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Hurricane-ravaged Sanibel Island ‘is cut off from the world right now’
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.
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How to Plan the Perfect Trip to Florida's Sanibel Island — With Charming Inns, Beautiful Beaches, and a 190-mile Paddling Trail
Skye Sherman is a travel writer based in West Palm Beach, Florida. Aside from traveling, she's also a pilot, scuba diver, bookworm, and fourth-generation Floridian. Her work has appeared in Travel ...
The New York Times2y
Map: Where Hurricane Ian Hit Florida Hardest
Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Florida’s southwest coast on Wednesday afternoon, sweeping away homes and communities. Before Thursday Fort Myers Beach, a coastal city on a ...
CNN2y
At least 2 dead on Sanibel Island, which is cut off from Florida’s mainland after Ian’s storm surge severs causeway
Hurricane Ian has left at least two people dead on Sanibel Island and ripped away several parts of the causeway that was the island’s only access to Florida’s mainland. On Thursday night ...
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Sanibel Island residents return by road for the first time since Hurricane Ian
Sanibel Island residents are returning by road for the first time since Hurricane Ian washed out the causeway that connects it to Florida's mainland. Hurricane Ian's 150-mile-per-hour winds broke ...
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On the mend: Beach repair work on Sanibel Island after hurricanes nearing completion
Slowly, but surely, Sanibel is putting the pieces back together. In this case, the pieces are the island's globally popular beaches, which have been damaged in various ways by hurricanes.
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Damage to Sanibel island is 'biblical,' Florida island now cut off from mainland, official says
An official in Sanibel, Florida, shared an update on how Hurricane Ian has devastated his small island community. “The damage is catastrophic and it is biblical,” Dana Souza, Sanibel’s ...
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Army rescue crews help evacuate dozens off Florida’s Sanibel Island
MIAMI (Tribune News Service) — Residents stranded on Sanibel Island by Hurricane Ian flew ... in a county-produced video from the Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers.