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2 days ago · November 8, 2024 - Fort Myers Beach News. An investigation is currently ongoing into a boat owned by the Town of Fort Myers Beach that was stolen. According to a Lee County Sheriff's Office report, town employees discovered the 2016 Carolina Skiff stolen on Monday. The boat had been parked on a trailer inside a fenced equipment ...
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An investigation is currently ongoing into a boat owned by the Town of Fort Myers Beach that was stolen. According to a Lee County Sheriff’s Office report, town employees discovered the 2016 Carolina Skiff stolen on Monday. The boat had been parked on a trailer inside a fenced equipment storage area, though the gate had […]
Fort Myers Beach closed, county urges residents to stay off roads
Oct 10, 2024 · Fort Myers Beach was blocked off and restricted to only emergency management Thursday morning after Hurricane Milton flooded the island throughout the might with intense storm surge. Lee County Emergency Management urges residents to remain in place this morning and stay off the roads after Hurricane Milton left flooding and damage throughout then county.
Lee County grapples with damaged roads, loss of power from …
Oct 11, 2024 · Approximately 145,000 homes and businesses were without electricity Friday, two days after Hurricane Milton downed power lines, flooded roads and scattered debris while leaving its worst damage for counties to the north. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power during the hurricane. The National Weather Service recorded the second-highest storm surge for Lee County […]
Fort Myers Beach issues evacuation order
Oct 6, 2024 · Tropical Storm Milton is strengthening into a hurricane and is threatening the Gulf Coast. Source: National Hurricane Center. A mandatory evacuation of Fort Myers Beach took effect Monday following an order a day earlier by Town of Fort Myers Beach Manager Andy Hyatt as Hurricane Milton threatened to hit the island with as much as 12 feet of storm surge and Category 4 winds of 140 miles per ...
Lee County set to issue evacuation orders Monday or Tuesday as …
Oct 6, 2024 · Tropical Storm Milton is strengthening into a hurricane and is threatening the Gulf Coast. Source: National Hurricane Center. Lee County officials said Sunday afternoon they expect to issue evacuation orders Monday or Tuesday as Governor Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency for Lee County and 50 other counties ahead of Hurricane Milton, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is set to ...
Santini Plaza on track to reopen this fall
Jun 26, 2024 · Yariv Shaked has Santini Plaza on the comeback trail and he can see the finish line. After hard work repairing the plaza from damage incurred from Hurricane Ian, Shaked said the popular shopping center on the south end of Fort Myers Beach will be ready to open in the fall. “If things go well, people […]
Lee County issues evacuation orders with Hurricane Milton …
Oct 7, 2024 · Lee County is evacuating low-lying areas in zones A and B, from Fort Myers Beach to Bonita Beach, Sanibel, Pine Island, San Carlos Park, Matlacha, Pine Island and portions of Cape Coral by Tuesday evening as Hurricane Milton has grown into a Category 5 storm with 12 feet of storm surge possible for coastal communities in the county.
DeSantis declares state of emergency for Lee County ahead of …
Aug 2, 2024 · A state of emergency has been declared for Lee County and more than 50 other Florida counties by Gov. Ron DeSantis due to a tropical wave that could form into a tropical depression and leave as much as a foot of rain or more over the next week across Florida. In a declaration issued Thursday, […]
The show will go on at the Pink Shell Beach Resort
Sep 27, 2024 · The Island Hopper Songwriter Festival will not be held back for long by Hurricane Helene. While Friday’s shows on Fort Myers Beach were canceled, the festival will bounce back on Fort Myers Beach Saturday and Sunday to cap off a weeklong’s worth of country music sounds culminating in the Pink Shell Beach Resort and Marina […]