2022 Hurricane Season

With the sugar harvest delayed a week by Hurricane Ian's impacts, workers from U.S. Sugar hit the FGCU campus to help clear the way for students to return.

Check these links for information related to Hurricane Ian

Lee County – along with state and federal partners – will begin opening Points of Distribution today for hurricane-impacted residents who need food and water.

On this week's episode of the South Florida Roundup, we looked at Hurricane Ian through a South Florida lens. How are we helping those in Southwest Florida and how were the Florida Keys damaged by Ian?

Due to the rising Myakka River, I-75 was shut down in both directions Friday night from mile marker 179 (North Port / Toledo Blade Blvd) to mile marker 191 (Englewood / Jacaranda Blvd). The road reopened Saturday afternoon.

Fort Myers photographer Kinfay Moroti got access to Pine Island Friday and found an island in tatters.

A little more than a day after Hurricane Ian made landfall, Florida Power & Light knew how many of its 2 million customers are without power, and where they are, but company officials can’t tell most of those whose power was still out more than 24 hours later when to expect the lights to turn back on.“Daylight revealed Hurricane Ian’s utter destruction, and our hearts go out to our fellow Floridians whose lives have been upended,” said Eric Silagy, FPL’s chairman and chief executive officer. “We know the vital role electricity plays. Rest assured, we will not stop until we can get the lights back on.”Hurricane Ian came ashore near Fort Myers as a Category 4 storm packing sustained winds of 150 mph on a trajectory that would prove devastating for many reasons: the strength of its winds, its slow forward speed, and its meandering path that meant the huge storm touched nearly every place in peninsular Florida.Power had been restored to much of Southeast Florida, which was hit by Ian’s feeder bands for 36 hours, which is where many of the 750,000 customers who had their service turned on in the first 24 hours lived.

Charlotte County Emergency Manager Kevin Fuller encourages residents to sign up for CharCoCares to stay informed during the recover process.

HURRICANE IAN: Recovery-related information, tips

HURRICANE IAN: Government-related information