New laws reduced insurers' exposure to lawsuits, but consumers may find a deaf ear if they don't agree with proposed damage ...

Sam Lurie doesn't hold back when recalling his experience with Hurricane Ian. "I am just glad I survived," Lurie said in an email to The News-Press. Fort Myers Beach resident Sam Lurie, photographed ...

Six people in a Florida retirement community were killed by Hurricane Milton tornados but one of their dogs was rescued on ...

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a system in the Atlantic known as Invest 95L. Forecasters expect the system to develop into a tropical depression by midweek. If the system strengthens into ...

A hotel manager evacuated his guests from a Fort Myers Beach hotel just hours before Hurricane Ian made landfall. The manager and guests drove through rising floodwaters and howling winds to escape ...

Category 4 Hurricane Gabrielle is moving into the North Atlantic, prompting a hurricane watch for the Azores. Swells from Gabrielle are expected to cause life-threatening surf and rip currents along ...

Three years after Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida, the community gathered at Fort Myers City Hall to honor the lives lost and reflect on the resilience that carried the region forward. A ...

Hurricane Ian left Fort Myers' beloved piers in ruins, but the community is now celebrating new progress. The Riverside and Tarpon Street piers, once cherished spots for fishing and family gatherings, ...