Mammoth Hurricane Ian has broken our hearts and stolen the stuff that paradisiacal dreams are made of in our weary Florida. Its powerful Category 4 winds stirred up storm surge taller than people, ...

A satellite image shows Sanibel Island iafter Hurricane Ian hit in September 2022. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has started to release satellite imagery of areas in southwest ...

Southwest Florida’s famed vacation spots — Naples, Captiva and Sanibel Islands, Fort Myers Beach, Pine Island Sound — have long been escapes from Florida’s more bustling east coast. Those areas also ...

(CNN) — Many beach cottages that lined the shores of Sanibel Island were wiped away by Hurricane Ian’s storm surge, new aerial imagery from NOAA shows. Most homes on Sanibel and Captiva islands are ...

There was something about Sanibel. We loved its beaches and vibe. Its boutiques and resorts. It was the place for a weekend getaway for people in South Florida looking to get out of town, but not that ...

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. We’re ...

Video above: Before and after side-by-side comparison aerial images of Florida in the wake of Hurricane IanMany beach cottages that lined the shores of Sanibel Island were wiped away by Hurricane ...