According to NOAA, “Tropical Storm Ian first formed in the central Caribbean on Sept. 23 and strengthened into a hurricane on Sept. 26. With maximum winds of 105 mph, it became the strongest ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

The wait to return to Sanibel Island on Thursday was agonizing for residents and business owners, many of whom were still rebuilding from Hurricane Ian in 2022 and just digging out after Hurricane ...

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — It’s a strange feeling, said Melody King, to be grateful for a hurricane that hit with 100 mile-per-hour winds. Waking up the day after Milton pummeled Florida’s ...