Hurricane stories

We are now 49 days away from the official start of hurricane season, and the rules for keeping up your storm shutters may be determined by whether you are a seasonal resident or a full-time one. City leaders in Cape Coral are meeting Wednesday to discuss new regulations. The new proposed ordinance would allow shutters […]

Hurricane season is right around the corner, the perfect time for the National Hurricane Conference to be underway in Orlando. With hurricane season a month and a half away, you should be thinking ahead about your and your family’s safety, and many different ways to protect your home and new technology are on display in […]

According to Colorado State University, a current weak La Niña conditions look fairly likely to transition to neutral ENSO by this summer/fall, but the odds of a significant El Niño seem unlikely. CSU predicts 19 named storms, with nine hurricanes, and four of those becoming major. “We anticipate an above-average probability for major hurricanes making […]

Cape Coral could make hurricane shutters illegal unless there’s a threat. The City of Cape Coral wants to restrict when you can have them up. But Cape Coral leaders say this is all about your health. Homes with hurricane shutters aren’t everywhere. But they’re on enough home, even currently, as we’re months away from the […]

Subtropical Storm Wanda has formed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and with that, forecasters again reached the end of the English alphabet, with a month still to go this Atlantic hurricane season. Wanda has hardly strengthened since it formed on Saturday, reaching top sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kmh), and poses no […]

Six weeks remain in 2021’s hurricane season, and Lee County is making sure its emergency shelters are still safe, with a focus on Hertz Arena and Alico Arena, considered key shelters in Southwest Florida for a number of reasons. For one, they can both hold large numbers of people, with Hertz actually being the largest shelter […]

Sunday is looking great with partly cloudy skies and isolated thunderstorms this afternoon as drier air starts filtering into the area. Otherwise, expect a warm day with highs in the lower 90s. The tropics remain very busy with Category 4 Hurricane Sam being the main focus. Sam is expected to remain a major hurricane for […]

The death toll in Louisiana from Hurricane Ida rose to 26 Wednesday, after health officials reported 11 additional deaths in New Orleans, mostly older people who perished from the heat. The announcement was grim news amid signs the city was returning to normal with almost fully restored power and a lifted nighttime curfew. While New […]

A stunned U.S. East Coast faced a rising death toll, surging rivers and tornado damage Thursday after the remnants of Hurricane Ida walloped the region with record-breaking rain, drowning more than 40 people in their homes and cars. In a region that had been warned about potentially deadly flash flooding but hadn’t braced for such […]

Happy Thursday, Southwest Florida! Highs will climb into the 90s. Cloud cover will increase into the afternoon ahead of increasing rain chances. Isolated morning showers will become scattered by lunchtime. Expect rain and thunderstorms to continue into the evening before falling apart after dark. A stalled front to our north will provide increased humidity and […]