At least 2 dead on Sanibel Island, which is cut off from Florida’s mainland after Ian’s storm surge severs causeway By Amy Simonson, Christina Maxouris, Paul P. Murphy, ...

We’re going to rescue some people off Sanibel, which is cut off from the world right now,” he said. “So it’s very apropos.” ‘This is true carnage’ ...

Sanibel, home to about 6,300 people, is located on Sanibel Island off the west coast of Florida, ... “Obviously our main access to the island has been cut off,” Souza said.

Imagine being stranded indefinitely because there is only one way in and one way out of your community. That is what just occurred at Sanibel Island, Fla., due to ferocious ...

Cut off from family, friends and supplies by Sanibel Causeway’s partial collapse, the islands’ residents who had stayed and survived were stranded. Audra D. S. Burch contributed reporting.

Sanibel Island issued a mandatory evacuation order ahead of Milton’s landfall. Residents had the harrowing experience being cut off during Hurricane Ian when the Sanibel Causeway was partially ...

Hurricane Ian destroyed a major chunk of the Sanibel Causeway when it slammed into Florida's west coast Wednesday, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,400 people normally live.

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: We're going to stay in Lee County, Fla., for a moment, specifically Sanibel Island, which remains cut off from mainland Florida unless you travel by boat.

Sanibel Island was one of the first U.S. areas hit by Ian, which barreled into Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday afternoon with winds of 150 mph. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) predicted high ...

Sanibel Island is twelve miles long, ... in 2011, which cut new inlets, created new beaches, and destroyed countless homes. A year later, up the ... past a home that had floated off its foundation.