S OUTHEASTERN N.C. (WECT) - Storm damage is being reported across the Cape Fear region after Tropical Storm Chantal brought ...

Tropical Storm Chantal moved through North Carolina on Sunday. Many people sent in photos of flooding and storm damage as it moved through.

Coral reefs worldwide, including the Great Barrier Reef, have faced severe damage from recent bleaching events caused by ...

New research has revealed alarming coral mortality rates of 92% after last year's bleaching event at Lizard Island on ...

Southern Living ranked the top 50 beach towns in the south for 2025 and Sanibel was the top-ranked location in Florida.

MORE: Hurricane Ian before and after images show destruction of Sanibel Island, Fort Myers Beach Khan conducted a similar study in 2017 following Hurricane Harvey.

For the second time in two years, students in Sanibel and Fort Myers Beach headed to a different school Wednesday morning because of the damage left by a hurricane.

Sanibel, the quaint barrier island just west of Fort Myers Beach, appeared to have withstood the winds and surge from Hurricane Milton reasonably well.

Images from our archives of the popular beach on Sanibel show people shelling, swimming and admiring the historic lighthouse.

Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel Island and the surrounding region are nearing the end of their first chapter on the long road to recovery. Here’s a firsthand Central Florida Explorer look at the re… ...

Aerial photos show Sanibel Island five months after Hurricane Ian, which made landfall in late September 2022, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.

In addition, the island remains largely off-limits to most non-residents, although that will change early next month, when the Sanibel Causeway reopens to the public.