The Sanibel Causeway is severely damaged. Areas within Lee County, including Sanibel Island and Fort Myers, are facing major damage in the wake of Hurricane Ian. Across Florida, at least 94 people ...

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 ...

the series of bridges that connects mainland Florida to Sanibel Island — which is home to some 6,500 people and located just south of where the storm made landfall. Officials have characterized ...

Sanibel residents can now return to their homes on the island, Mayor Richard Johnson announced in a press conference shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday. But there are some things residents should know ...

The aftermath of Hurricane Ian left Julie Emig and Vicki Paskaly devastated when they returned to what was once their “dream home” for the first time since the storm hit one week ago.

SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. — Crossing the causeway bridge from the mainland, visitors’ first glimpse of this cherished Gulf Coast getaway was often Point Ybel Light, an iron tower built in 1884 at ...

Languages: English. Mayor Holly Smith of Sanibel Island—just southwest of Fort Myers—wrote in an open letter to her residents Thursday evening that the destruction from Hurricane Ian has ...

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 ...

Sanibel Mayor Holly Smith called the relit lighthouse a “beacon of hope” and a symbol of the tiny island’s resilience. Gage Goulding/Getty Images Five months after Hurricane Ian battered ...

The Island Cow, a popular dining spot ... residents back home,” Kolshak said in the release. The Hurrican-ravaged Mad Hatter at 6467 Sanibel Captiva Road is on hold at the moment.

If all goes according to plan, Sanibel Island will be welcoming two new restaurants ... back home,” Kolshak said in the release. The Hurrican-ravaged Mad Hatter at 6467 Sanibel Captiva Road ...