Hurricane stories

With the surge in coronavirus cases, there is also a surge in testing, but those swabs are harder to come by. Believe it or not, it’s related to potential impacts from Fred. Collier County sent out a press release Tuesday saying it was expanding testing. But the site is drive-thru only, and if there’s a […]

Areas of Southwest Florida prone to flooding, like Fort Myers Beach, are now preparing for Tropical Depression Fred, likely to be a tropical storm by the weekend. All you need is a shovel or something for scooping sand into a bag and you can load up on anti-flood sandbags behind the Fort Myers Beach town […]

    As of the 11 p.m. Thursday update from the National Hurricane Center, Fred is a tropical depression with 35 mph max sustained winds, moving to the west-northwest at 9 mph. It is set to closely track along Cuba’s northern coastline over the next two days. A Tropical Storm Watch was issued for all […]

Per the 11 p.m. update Wednesday, Fred is still a Tropical Depression with 35 mph max sustained winds, moving to the west-northwest at 15 mph. It is set to move over portions of Hispañola later today. Southwest Florida remains in the forecast cone for Fred.   It is very likely the Caribbean terrain will hinder […]

Tropical Storm Fred has formed south of Puerto Rico. As of 11 p.m. Tuesday, Fred has sustained winds of 40 mph, and is moving to the WNW at 17 mph. Fred will move west-northwest through NE Caribbean. By Thursday and into Friday, it will pass just north of Cuba and into the southern Bahamas. By […]

After a record start, followed by a near-silent July, the Atlantic hurricane season looks like it will be busier than meteorologists predicted a few months ago. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday updated its outlook for the 2021 Atlantic season, slightly increasing the number of named storms and hurricanes expected in what is […]

Sea turtles are returning to Sanibel Island after Elsa moved through Southwest Florida. One turtle headed back to the Gulf after laying eggs in a new nest Monday morning. While we’re waiting on final numbers still, the group did tell WINK News that on Sanibel, 46 of the 85 nests that lost stakes still have […]

Fast-moving Tropical Storm Elsa hit the New York City region with heavy rain and high winds Friday, toppling trees and hindering some rail service as it churned its way toward New England. Maximum sustained winds from the storm peaked near 50 mph (85 kph) as it moved through New York City and Long Island, the […]

Tropical Storm Elsa carved a destructive and soaking path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida and spinning up a tornado at a Georgia Navy base that flipped recreational vehicles upside-down and blew one of them into a lake. Elsa’s winds strengthened Thursday to 50 mph (85 kph), as the […]

The National Weather Service is assessing the damage in Cape Coral along Nautilus Drive, south of the Cape Coral Bridge, which some families believe was a water spout. In an incredible video from Wednesday, you can see a docked boat suddenly go flying off the dock. It demonstrates just how much damage can be done, […]