PLAN AND PREPARE

Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Joe Biden will both be making appearances in southwest Florida Wednesday to speak about the recovery efforts in place following Hurricane Ian.

Tropical Depression Twelve formed yesterday some 3,400 miles east of Miami and is expected to quickly unravel thanks to hostile upper-level winds.

This week we’re following two disturbances in the Atlantic, one which will stay over the open Atlantic and another heading toward Central America, but neither poses a threat to the United States.

I often liken hurricane season to a baseball game – the first few innings may not require too much attention from us but deeper into the season, the play can be fast and consequential.

Once Hurricane Ian’s leftovers are spread out over the mid-Atlantic this morning, making for a dreary and windy day from the Shenandoah Valley to the Jersey and Delaware coasts, where coastal flood advisories are in place into Monday for low-lying roads and coastal communities

Residents of Matlacha, located about 13 minutes from Sanibel, are trying to pick up the pieces on Thursday and Friday after Hurricane Ian ripped through their entire community.

Sky 10 flew to Florida’s west coast Friday morning, where search and rescue operations are underway after Hurricane Ian ravaged the area this week.

Law enforcement agencies in Miami-Dade County are stepping up to help the victims of Hurricane Ian in any way they can, and that includes a team from the Homestead Police Department, which left Friday morning.

The U.S. Coast Guard released video of an aircrew from Miami rescuing a husband and wife who were stranded in Sanibel after Hurricane Ian tore through the area.

Hurricane Ian was over southwest Florida for just a few hours.

A revived Hurricane Ian has pounded coastal South Carolina after causing catastrophic damage in Florida.

Hurricane Ian roared ashore on Wednesday afternoon, crossing the shoreline just south of Punta Gorda in Lee County on southwest Florida’s coast as a Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds.

From Fort Myers to Orlando, the day after Hurricane Ian swept through southwest and central Florida shows plenty of devastation.

Law enforcement and fire rescue crews in South Florida are doing what they can to help those most affected by Hurricane Ian.

The Tampa area, which initially was concerned about receiving a direct hit from Ian, was spared the worst of the storm as the Category 4 hurricane made landfall in southwest Florida, but the area still experienced strong wind gusts and rain all through the night.

Hurricane Ian destroyed a cross-section of Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, forcing patients from nursing homes and hospitals, cutting off a popular barrier island and obliterating a historic waterfront pier. Nearly 2.7 million people lost power as rain fell and waters rose.