HURRICANE IAN

Here are Wednesday's news and updates about Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach and Cape Coral in Florida.

Staci Stevens' boat business in St. James City, Florida, went from recreational to recovery after Hurricane Ian crashed onshore in late September. Now, the only fishing being done is by cranes fishing badly-damaged boats out of her marina, which has become a boat emergency room. Florida's Fish & Wildlife Commission says there are more than 700 derelict boats along the Gulf Coast, but only two-thirds have been removed. Correspondent Omar Villafranca reports.

FEMA reported that assistance stemming from Hurricane Ian exceeded $4.5 billion, underscoring the importance of protecting yourself as a homeowner

A soon-to-be-released report will estimate Florida’s agriculture industry sustained about $1.07 billion in damages from Hurricane Ian, with growers of citrus, vegetable and horticultural crops taking the biggest hits from the wind, rains and flooding.

The remains of a man who was reported missing after Hurricane Ian hit Florida’s Gulf Coast last year have been recovered from a sunken sailboat, sheriff’s officials said.

The boater was the last resident missing in Lee since Ian’s landfall on Sept. 27 — bringing the county’s death toll to 75.

Yet, day-to-day life in Miami now warrants new questions: what will be the new name for FTX Arena? “Tropical Park really provides a suitable location because we’re not just looking for a stadium,” Ruiz said in an interview with The Miami Hurricane in Feb. 2022. In Miami, it holds the naming rights to the arena where the Miami HEAT play: FTX Arena. In June, 2021, the arena’s name officially changed from American Airlines Arena to FTX Arena, a reflection of Miami’s shift towards tech. As the Miami HEAT and MDC seek a new partner to award naming rights for the arena, UM students weighed in with their suggestions.

More than 1.3% of the adult population in the U.S. was displaced by natural disasters in the past year, with hurricanes responsible for more than half of the forced relocations.

Florida’s emergency-management director wants lawmakers to make changes to help with disaster preparation and response, pointing to issues that have arisen as the state recovers from Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole.

Fox News Digital looks back at the biggest and wildest weather events this year, including Hurricane Ian rescues and the closure of Yellowstone National Park due to flooding.

Three months after Ian struck, thousands of Floridians whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the Category 4 hurricane are still living in trailers and Airbnbs.

With more than 35,000 homes damaged or destroyed in Lee County, Fla., residents are concerned about housing affordability – and changes to their communities – as developers become involved.

Due to Hurricane Ian's damage, the Tampa Bay Rays will be splitting their spring training time between Tropicana Field and Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Florida lawmakers Wednesday approved spending more than $1.25 billion to help homeowners and communities ravaged by hurricanes and to give a break to motorists who frequently use toll roads.

A Michigan Army veteran with a passion for bikes was killed in a car accident in Punta Gorda, Florida, while delivering free bicycles to kids impacted by Hurricane Ian.

How to reverse the crushing costs of insuring homes and property is especially relevant in the months after Hurricane Ian showed what’s at stake.

Southwest Florida, home to famed vacation spots, bore the brunt of Hurricane Ian’s brutal wrath. The area is now in recovery mode. If you’re interested in supporting the local economy, here’s a look at the status of recovery, and your travel options in the coming months.

The Florida Medical Examiners Commission announced on Friday that Hurricane Ian killed 144 people in 19 counties.

U.S. officials say Florida's seasonal orange production is forecast to be down 36% from earlier estimates, in part a reflection of twin hurricanes that battered growing regions.

Many — but not all – weather disasters are being turbocharged by human-caused climate change and are happening more frequently.

This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and deadly heat waves all over.

“There will come a time ... when you’re going to have lots of places like this all over Florida,” said Robert S. Young, an expert on coastal development.

Insurance companies and trial lawyers are already sharpening their arguments ahead of the year's second special legislative session on property insurance next week.

The Florida Legislature will meet next week for a special session on property insurance and property tax relief in the wake of damage caused by Hurricane Ian.

Ian caused between $50 and 65 billion in insured damages after it made landfall in western Florida in late September with extreme winds and torrential rain.

The 2022 hurricane season got off to a slow start, until Hurricane Ian pummeled Florida as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S.

Homeowners and renters in Palm Beach County who were impacted by Hurricane Ian will have until Jan. 12 to apply for FEMA assistance after the agency extended its deadline this week.

An Atlantic hurricane season with 14 named storms has ended, leaving residents in the Florida Keys to celebrate even as others around Florida and Puerto Rico continue to deal with the damage caused by Hurricanes Ian, Nicole and Fiona.

Florida scientist are saying that a red tide bloom that has lived on the coast for weeks shows toxic levels. Hurricane Ian's water and storm surges have helped fuel the bloom.

With the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season ending next week, state officials are looking at potential changes after Florida got hit by its deadliest storm in nearly nine decades.

One tow truck driver worked nearly endlessly after Hurricane Ian slashed across most of Florida, stranding vehicles throughout the state.

Scientists and forecasters are trying to figure out how to talk about the connection between climate change and severe weather. It could have big impacts on how people think about global warming.

Florida is a magnet for retirees — not just for those who can afford exclusive gated communities, but also for those on fixed incomes. Now, many face a wrenching reality: rebuilding is not an option.

As we conclude our special series of reports into early lessons learned from Hurricane Ian, we take a look at how key areas of infrastructure held up during the storm and how the area is making its way through recovery.

As Hurricane Ian ravaged Florida, 911 telecommunicators worked overtime, separated from their families and homes, taking calls from panicked storm victims pleading for help. But when Gov. Ron DeSantis awards police officers, sheriff’s deputies, paramedics, emergency medical technicians and firefighters with $1,000 bonuses, the 911 operators are left out because under state law they are not considered first responders.

It was Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and Hurricane Andrew in 1992 that changed the way the public and government regarded the risk of hurricane damage to homes and roofs became a major focal point.

Windows and doors, including your garage door, are all vulnerable points of entry for damaging water and wind, which is why properly covering and supporting them is so vital.

The $4 billion, monthlong mission has been grounded since August by fuel leaks and Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian produced one of the highest storm surges we’ve witnessed this century. On Monday night, we take a look at the dynamics of this force of nature.

Recovery efforts following Hurricane Ian pivot from providing food and water to helping with general clean-up in southwest Florida.

Damages are estimated at more than $481 million in a central Florida coastal county where homes collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean following Hurricane Nicole last week. The damages from the category 1 storm in Volusia County, home to Daytona Beach, exceeded those from the much stronger Hurricane Ian, which caused $377 million in the county,

Damages are estimated at more than $481 million in a central Florida coastal county where homes collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean following Hurricane Nicole last week.

A green sea turtle named after Hurricane Ian was among 15 injured sea turtles released in Gulf Stream waters off Key West by staff from a turtle hospital and members of a powerboat racing team vying for the sport’s world championship.

Flooding repairs from Hurricane Ian are on hold as the St. Johns River returns to major flood stage in Central Florida following Nicole.

Like the rest of the Caribbean, Cuba is suffering from longer droughts, warmer waters, more intense storms, and higher sea levels because of climate change

Tropical Storm Nicole is now a depression dumping heavy rain in places from Georgia to southern Canada.

The storm, which caused at least two deaths, was the first November hurricane to make landfall in Florida in 37 years.

Hurricanes Ian and Nicole closed South Florida schools for many days, and now comes the question of how students will need to make up the time they missed.

With more than 622,000 claims reported, estimated insured losses from Hurricane Ian have increased to $8.7 billion

Storm surge from Tropical Storm Nicole ripped the patio down into the beach.

The storm dropped upwards of a half-foot of rain over inland areas that experienced devastating floods a month ago.

Tropical Storm Nicole sent multiple homes toppling into the Atlantic Ocean and threatened a row of high-rise condominiums in places where Hurricane Ian washed away seawalls and other remaining protections only weeks ago.

Nicole will keep moving over Georgia and the Carolinas Thursday and Friday, dumping heavy rain across the region.

Tropical Storm Nicole has weakened to a tropical depression as it crosses the Florida Panhandle on its way north into Georgia.

The storm strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday after pounding the Bahamas, as U.S. officials ordered evacuations that included former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club.

New warnings and watches were issued for many parts of Florida, including the southwestern Gulf coastline that was devastated by Hurricane Ian​ in late September.

A Florida-bound storm has strengthened into Hurricane Nicole after pounding the Bahamas and state officials ordered evacuations that included former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.

NASA is again postponing the launch of its new moon rocket because of a storm threatening the Florida coast

As the company celebrates record parks revenue, Disney World's frontline theme park workers say they deserve raises that reflect their work.

The storm is expected to strengthen into a hurricane. It's headed for parts of the Bahamas and Florida that are still feeling the effects of previous hurricanes.

Members of the South Florida community, along with staff members of American Red Cross and Florida, Power & Light gathered together over the weekend to help paint a mural that will help raise funds for those impacted by Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian caused flooding across the state in late September. Now, Florida faces more flooding as Tropical Storm Nicole is poised to hit the East Coast and move up the state. But North Carolina State University researchers say federal flood maps underestimate the risks of flooding in Florida and other states.

The congressionally mandated report comes as leaders across the world meet this week at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Egypt.

Acting deputy director for the National Hurricane Center, Michael Brennan, urges people in Florida to prepare as soon as possible for Nicole. The state is still recovering from Hurricane Ian.

Tropical Storm Nicole is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane as it churns toward the northwestern Bahamas and Florida’s Atlantic coastline.

An "Ask Lois" reader wants to know whether Fort Myers and other areas of Florida's west coast have reopened to vacationers after Hurricane Ian.

Federal officials say U.S. aid to Florida for recovery from Hurricane Ian has topped the $2 billion mark.

Subtropical Storm Nicole is now expected to become a hurricane over the Bahamas before hitting Florida’s east coast on Wednesday, just well enough after polls close to avoid disrupting voting on Election Day, forecasters said. A hurricane warning is in effect for northwestern Bahamas, including the Abacos, Berry Islands, Bimini and Grand Bahama Island, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the focus of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) was on search and rescue, cleanup, and the safety of Florida’s residents and visitors. Since then, the FWC has sent three waves of officers to assist with recovery efforts for the communities in the Southwest as well as establish a hotline for reporting displaced vessels still on Florida state waters because of Hurricane Ian. When Hurricane Ian swept across the state, thousands of vessels were displaced by wind and storm surge. Hurricane Ian impacted a major portion of the Florida fishing community, and we will be with them every step of the way as they rebuild stronger than before. The impacts of Hurricane Ian will be felt for years to come.

Hurricane Ian tossed treasured belongings into piles of debris. Love letters. Photographs. A boat. Slowly they are being found and returned to the rightful owners.

As the negative consequences of rising global temperatures become more apparent in communities across the United States, anxiety over finding a place to live safe from the ravages of climate change has also been on the rise.

Solar power has made headlines in the weeks following Hurricane Ian after one Florida community that’s 100 percent solar-powered never lost power throughout the storm.

Eighteen former Latin American and Caribbean leaders have signed a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden asking the United States to remove its six-decade embargo on Cuba in the wake of devastation inflicted on the island by Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well.

It has been a month since Hurricane Ian ravaged southwest Florida.

Southwest saw record operating revenue in its third quarter, bolstered by strong summer travel demand prompted by consumers eager to get away following an easing of covid-related restrictions.

Hurricane Ian displaced so many people by wiping out their houses and businesses, but the major storm also destroyed many animal habitats and homes too.

Hurricane Ian caused as much as $1.8 billion in damages to Florida agriculture last month.

Tolls will soon be reinforced along several Florida roadways.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the Florida Legislature plans to hold a special session to give tax relief to Hurricane Ian victims before the year ends.

Florida has seen an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year driven largely by a surge in the county hit hardest by Hurricane Ian.

A new report finds preliminary agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian’s high winds and drenching rains could reach $1.56 billion, with citrus, cattle, vegetable and melon operations hit the hardest.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Tuesday on the latest on hurricane recovery efforts in Sanibel Island and the southwest Florida coast.

The thousands of oranges scattered on the ground by Hurricane Ian’s fierce winds are only the start of the disaster for citrus growers.

As of Monday evening, the Florida Medical Examiners Commission reported 105 deaths from Ian in Florida, with over half in Lee County alone which saw the brunt of Ian’s storm surge. Nearly 60 percent of deaths were caused by drowning. Water, both at the coast and inland, was the big story with Ian.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order expanding voting access for the midterm elections in three counties where Hurricane Ian destroyed polling places and displaced thousands of people.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency expanded eligibility for individual assistance for victims of Hurricane Ian to four additional Florida counties Wednesday.

Floridians will need about $33 billion in emergency aid from the federal government as the state recovers from the devastation left by Hurricane Ian, the state's Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday.

A total of 25 new officers from Miami-Dade County are driving across the state Wednesday to continue assisting with the recovery on the west coast of the state following Hurricane Ian.

Heading to the southwest coast of Florida to help those affected by Hurricane Ian, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Task Force One returns triumphantly yet they know there is still work to be done.

The seafood industry in southwest Florida is racing against time and the elements to save what’s left of both a major shrimping fleet and a lifestyle battered by Hurricane Ian.

With numerous residents displaced and voting precincts destroyed by Hurricane Ian, local officials in Lee County are concerned about how the storm could impact voter turnout in the November election.

Southwest Florida is looking ahead toward the long slog of recovering from a rare direct hit by a major hurricane.

Officials in Lee County accused two South Florida men of traveling to Fort Myers Beach under the guise of assisting Hurricane Ian cleanup efforts and looting from a local business instead.

Survivors of Hurricane Ian face a long emotional road to recover from one of the most damaging storms to hit the U.S. mainland.

Even as the Hurricane Ian's catastrophic tally is still being calculated, the discussions about whether and how to rebuild what was lost are underway.

Last week, as President Joe Biden toured the ruins of Fort Myers and surroundings following the destruction brought by Hurricane Ian.

A few miles meant the difference between life and death on the Florida coast when Hurricane Ian struck.

Residents are being allowed to return to a coastal Florida island that was decimated by Hurricane Ian.

The Transitional Sheltering Program will allow displaced residents to stay in hotels and motels through the State of Florida program along with FEMA.