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An upwards expansion of the Lee County Emergency Operations Center is expected to take about 19 months.
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The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area of low pressure in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Regardless of development, heavy rain, strong storms, rough surf, and increased winds are expected Wednesday into Thursday.
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Two systems are currently of interest in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
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The Climate Prediction Center’s updated weather outlook indicates a slightly increased confidence of a strong El Niño event by this winter.
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Double rainbows have been spotted at least twice during the last several days in nearly the same spot over the Caloosahatchee River, either ending or starting at the Interstate 75 bridge depending on the point of view
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A number of communities and other venues are presenting year-after Hurricane Ian events and specials in the coming week.
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Estimated insured losses from Hurricane Idalia have topped $200 million and continue to increase.
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Saildrone Explorer SD 1045 made global headlines when it spent 24 hours inside category 4 Hurricane Sam in September 2021, delivering the world’s first video footage from inside a major hurricane as it surged across the Atlantic.
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A growing number of Hurricane Ian victims are raising their homes to prevent catastrophic flood damage from another storm. That's raise, as in having the entire structures lifted up, and placed on supports.
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Hurricanes can be disastrous and Florida sticks out like a sore thumb directly in the path of many hurricanes. It’s the heat of the sun and curvature and spinning of the Earth on its axis that initiate the movement of air over ocean and land. And its summer heat that warms surface water that creates the humid air and water-laden clouds that come with a hurricane. The juxtaposition of Florida’s land mass and the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico – the northern end of which is in a subtropical climate – makes us a target for hurricanes – many of which move north through the Gulf of Mexico, feeding on the warm waters there.