Sanibel Island was a perfect escape for many people from South Florida. A place to pick shells, see nature, have a good meal, kick back in the sand. Now it’s a disaster zone. Hurricane Ian ...

Sanibel Island is twelve miles long, three miles at its widest, and peaks around four feet above sea level. It’s a barrier island, which is to say that it sits entirely on shifting sands ...

The Category 4 storm ripped through neighborhoods like Sanibel Island and Fort Myers Beach last Wednesday after making landfall nearby in Cayo Costa, a barrier island off the coast of Fort Myers.

An older couple who rode out Hurricane Ian in their home on Sanibel Island in Florida could not agree on evacuating after parts of the causeway to the mainland were destroyed. “We’re going.

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Residents of Sanibel Island may now access the island beginning on Wednesday, October 5. Those who wish to travel to and from the island must do so with their own resources ...

Sanibel is about three times larger, with 70% of its land set aside for preservation. J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge is the largest landowner on the island; the Sanibel-Captiva ...

If all goes according to plan, Sanibel Island will be welcoming two new restaurants in November. Brian and Elke Podlasek, owners of The Island Cow, and The Mad Hatter owners Max and Bridget ...

Hurricane Ian has left at least two people dead on Sanibel Island and ripped away several parts of the causeway that was the island’s only access to Florida’s mainland. On Thursday night ...