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3 days ago · Pink Shell Beach Resort seeks council’s approval after LPA denies expansion plans. December 13, 2024 - Fort Myers Beach News The quest by the owners of the Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina to grow their business with a new 40-room hotel across the street, failed to gain approval from the Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency and now hotel management says they will appeal to the town council ...
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The Lee County Board of County Commissioners voted to accept a $22.7 million Resilient Florida Grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the design and construction of the Larry Kiker Preserve Water Management Project Phase 1. The project plan is to restore flow ways, protect habitat, improve regional flood control, improve water quality […]
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 ...
Residents returning to Fort Myers Beach find flooded homes, …
Oct 14, 2024 · Fort Myers Beach residents returning to their homes over the weekend after facing a mandatory evacuation due to Hurricane Milton, found up to four feet of water and muck had impacted their homes, leaving appliances, furniture and belongings damaged or destroyed. Walls and cabinets that had been repaired from Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Helene were […]
Hurricane Helene leaves Fort Myers Beach roads flooded, more …
Sep 26, 2024 · Fort Myers Beach roads flooded this morning as Hurricane Helene passed by about 150 miles off the coast and brought rain overnight and tropical storm winds. High tide this morning was higher than many expected and left familiar scenes of flooded out roads downtown, along Estero Boulevard and on side streets that have been hit […]
Widespread flooding from storm surge begins on Fort Myers …
Oct 9, 2024 · Widespread flooding has begun from the storm surge brought by Hurricane Milton to Fort Myers Beach as conditions rapidly deteriorate on the island. The hurricane is expected to make official landfall in Sarasota County by 10 p.m. though the storm surge from the storm is already being felt throughout Fort Myers Beach. The Pink Shell […]
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6 days ago · Pink Shell Beach Resort seeks council’s approval after LPA denies expansion plans. December 13, 2024. The quest by the owners of the Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina to grow their business with a new 40-room hotel across the street, failed to gain approval from the Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency and now hotel management says they will appeal to the town council for approval.
Storm surge overwhelms Fort Myers Beach
Sep 26, 2024 · Storm surge overwhelmed Fort Myers Beach Thursday as tides from the Gulf of Mexico crossed over Estero Boulevard and onto residential streets. The National Weather Service has forecasted three to five feet of storm surge is possible tonight and early indications showed that Fort Myers Beach was getting every bit of that Thursday evening.
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 ...
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Nov 6, 2024 · Remembering John “Jay” Gray. February 8, 2024. Captain John “Jay” Wesley Gray, a U.S. Marine who was known for his pre-dawn running down the streets of Fort Myers Beach into his 80’s and who was one of four people in his family dating back to the Civil War with the same name to serve in the military, died on Jan. 28.