The Sanibel Lighthouse landscape: Before and after Ian carved off a huge slice of sand between the lighthouse and the water, and the city had been working to fill that in again.

The Sanibel Lighthouse got its missing leg back on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. The leg was lost in Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28, 2022.

The Sanibel Causeway spans San Carlos Bay. ... Initially, a bridge running from Point Ybel to the mainland – home of the Sanibel lighthouse and the shortest route – was considered.

In 1955, wildfires on the island further convinced Lee County to build a bridge. Initially, a bridge running from Point Ybel to the mainland – home of the Sanibel lighthouse and the shortest ...

Some water was able to get inside the Marine Lab and a few hydrostatic vents were blown out. The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation is also reporting that the Sanibel Sea School buildings and ...

The Lighthouse Cafe sign Kevin Walker and his wife found in the debris from Hurricane Ian in Sanibel, Florida. Walker returned the sign to the owner of the restaurant after it reopened.

Parts of southwest Florida have been left unrecognizable in the wake of Hurricane Ian. The Category 4 storm ripped through neighborhoods like Sanibel Island and Fort Myers Beach last Wednesday ...

Before Helene even made landfall in Florida, authorities conducted a dramatic rescue operation: The U.S. Coast Guard saved a man whose sailboat started taking on water off the coast of Sanibel Island.

On Wednesday, WINK News Weather Watchers and viewers sent in images of a waterspout off of the coast of Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel. Chief Meteorologist Matt Devitt showed multiple angles of it ...

The Sanibel Causeway spans San Carlos Bay and connects Sanibel Island with Punta Rassa. It consists of three separate bridge spans and two-man-made islands between them. Before the causeway, and ...