The Business Emergency Coordination Center allows businesses to submit real-time status reports post-storm or disaster. These reports will help the Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral and the city's Economic & Business Development staff assess the needs of our businesses so they can help ...
AccuWeather preliminarily estimates the total damage and economic loss from historic Hurricane Milton will be between $160 billion and $180 billion. "After making landfall as a Category 3 hurricane, a major hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, Milton will go down as one of ...
MIAMI - A Coast Guard Air Station Miami helicopter crew rescued a man Thursday approximately 30 miles off Longboat Key following Hurricane Milton. The aircrew brought the man to Tampa General Hospital for further care, after he was found clinging to a cooler wearing a life jacket at ...
Lee County is consolidating its shelter operations this afternoon as people return to their homes following a successful evacuation of Zones A and B for Hurricane Milton. Due to a declining number of people sheltering, Hertz Arena is has ceased operation as a shelter. The shelters remaining ...
Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, according to this morning's flash report from the city of Cape Coral Emergency Operations Center, citing National Hurricane Center information. "This continues to be a historic storm from the Tampa Bay regions southward ...
The Captiva Community Panel released a Hurricane Milton update provided by Captiva Island Fire Chief Jeff Pawul early this morning. Currently a Category 5 hurricane, Milton continues to track south. "Hurricane Milton projected landfall continues to move south with the cone of probable path ...
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for all of Lee County through 9 p.m. as well as Charlotte County, Collier County and 20 other counties down to Miami-Dade County. The latest National Weather Service update has Hurricane Milton landing at 2 a.m. Thursday morning as a ...
As Milton approaches Florida, LCEC is urging members to prepare for widespread extended power outages. LCEC is actively monitoring the situation and is fully mobilized to respond once it is safe to do so. Due to the severity of the hurricane, restoration efforts may take time, and members are ...
It is time to shelter in place now that Hurricane Milton is very near to the Lee County coast. It is no longer safe to be on the bridges and roads,Lee County officials said at 5:10 p.m. Wednesday. When storm winds reach sustained 45 mph, most emergency responders will shelter in place and not ...
