Fort Myers Beach is starting to see the effects of Hurricane Idalia continuing its progression through the Gulf of Mexico. According to Fort Myers Beach, the town issued a local state of emergency ...

Hurricane Idalia is making herself felt in Southwest Florida, causing flooding on Fort Myers Beach hours after the town declared a local emergency Tuesday morning. The emergency declaration was an ...

While all indications are Idalia will be nothing like Ian (not even close), it is causing stress in the region, especially on Fort Myers Beach, which was one of the hardest hit by Ian on Sept. 28 ...

Watch how Sanibel and Fort Myers Beach looked as Hurricane Idalia got closer to Florida By Omar Rodríguez Ortiz. Updated August 30, 2023 4:12 PM.

When Hurricane Ian slammed into our region last year, our coastal islands were left in shambles, especially Fort Myers Beach. Now, residents are dealing with another not-so-direct hit in the ...

Visitors check out the surf and outer bands of Hurricane Idalia as it approaches Florida at Times Square on Fort Myers Beach on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023.

Intense flooding transformed Fort Myers roadways into rivers Tuesday as “life-threatening” Hurricane Idalia was set to slam Florida’s southwest coast — fueled by a rare blue supermoon.

Previous forecasts had called for a 10-to-15-foot storm surge. That is several feet higher than what was predicted last year during Hurricane Ian, which walloped and decimated Fort Myers Beach.

The remnants of Hurricane Idalia batter Fort Myers Beach and cause minor flooding. The News-Press. Wed, August 30, 2023 at 8:04 PM UTC.

It's time to rebuild parts of Fort Myers Beach, and contractors started on a $22 million renourishment project last week on the island town of 5,600. Although Hurricane Ian ripped away giant ...

Fort Myers Beach slowly recovers six months after Hurricane Ian Nearly every building on the barrier island in Southwest Florida was damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Ian's 15-foot storm surge.

Island communities in Lee County, Fla., endured another bruising overnight — almost two years to the day after Hurricane Ian killed dozens of people in the county and devastated Fort Myers Beach.