Just like the changing tides, a lighthearted film about seashells shifted as Ian’s surge crushed the island. “He talked me into that part, the second part of it, after the storm and coming ...

The Mucky Duck on Captiva was one of the first to reopen, five months after Hurricane Ian roared through Southwest Florida on Sept. 28, 2022. Junkanoo and Dixie Fish House on Fort Myers Beach, and ...

Fort Myers Beach rebuilds after brutal 2024 hurricane season 04:20. Restaurants, resorts and residents of Fort Myers Beach are digging deep to recover after being slammed by two hurricanes in 2024 ...

Before that, it had been closed for two years after Hurricane Ian. Cereceda — Fort Myers Beach's first mayor and now chair of the island's Local Planning Agency — says she's loved every minute.

Lee County cancels Fort Myers Beach’s Hurricane Ian remembrance ceremony after Hurricane Helene batters Captiva, Sanibel. Cleanup efforts continue.

Residents of Dockside Condominiums in Central Florida are still waiting to return to their homes nearly three years after Hurricane Ian caused severe flooding and damage. The first-floor units of ...

Hurricane Ian brought more than a foot of water into their home. Then followed hurricanes Nicole and Milton. All told, they spent 11 months out of their home for different periods, Debi said.

Despite Ian’s lessons, not everyone in Florida is heeding orders to evacuate early. Emergency officials in Florida have ordered hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Helene.