Hurricane

FORT MYERS, FL / ACCESSWIRE / October 11, 2022 / Regions Bank Regions Bank on Tuesday announced a series of financial services to help people and businesses impacted by Hurricane Ian. In addition, the Regions Foundation, a nonprofit initiative funded primarily by Regions Bank, announced a commitment of $225,000 in…

This past week, as Florida’s recovery efforts from Hurricane Ian continued, Governor Ron DeSantis continued to do the one thing that nearly everyone in politics has to say he’s done well: dominate the news cycle. The governor has been many months in the spotlight, thanks to a media that’s more…

Two homes in Babcock Ranch, a new, hurricane-resilient and solar-powered community in Southwest Florida. (Photo courtesy of Paul McCreery) More than 4 million Floridians lost power after Hurricane Ian. But not communities like Babcock Ranch, a Southwest Florida development that bills itself as America’s “first solar-powered town.” Why it matters:…

Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios If history is any guide, the areas devastated by Hurricane Ian will be rebuilt even bigger than before — but probably with storm-inspired improvements to local infrastructure and building codes. Why it matters: Ravaged communities face increasingly tough decisions as climate change exacerbates natural disasters. So far,…

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The seafood industry in southwest Florida is racing against time and the elements to save what’s left of a major shrimping fleet — and a lifestyle — that was battered by Hurricane Ian. The storm’s ferocious wind and powerful surge hurled a couple dozen…

The buildings? Demolished. The roads? Ruined. The landscape? Scarred, just like the lives of far too many residents who have lost everything. When a climate-change-fueled Hurricane Ian recently made landfall in southwest Florida, bringing high winds and flooding to some of the same wealthy enclaves that have endured previous hurricanes,…

In this photo shot with a drone, shrimp boats lie grounded atop what was a mobile home park following the passage of Hurricane Ian on San Carlos Island in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Oct. 7. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Blackwell/AP In this photo shot with a…

CAPE CORAL, United States - There's nothing in the world that would convince Cape Coral resident Kenneth Lowe to leave - not even having to empty his home of flood water a week after Hurricane Ian pummelled the city. "Southwest Florida is my heaven on earth and hurricanes come with…

WASHINGTON, October 7, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that low-income Florida residents recovering from Hurricane Ian could be eligible for assistance from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP). Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said households that may not normally be eligible under regular Supplemental…

Amid the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian, workers at DispatchHealth received a call for an 82-year-old man stuck in his home and in need of medical treatment for swollen legs and shortness of breath.  Power was down at the man’s Lee County home in southwest Florida, leaving him unable to…