The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Hurricane Center released the following storm updates Monday morning:

The Lee County School District has announced that school and all activities have been cancelled for Tuesday, Aug. 29, due to Tropical Storm Idalia. In its announcement, the district said, "Out of an abundance of caution due to the forecast winds for our area, we have made the decision to ...

WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Florida to supplement state, tribal and local response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Idalia beginning Sunday and continuing. President Joe Biden’s ...

LCEC is fully prepared for Tropical Storm Idalia, utility officials said. "LCEC employees will be monitoring the storm and the electric system 24/7 throughout the storm," the electric co-op said in a prepared statement. "Crews have been staged on Sanibel, Pine Island, Marco Island and in North ...

The South Florida Water Management District is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Idalia and is preparing the regional water management system for potential heavy rainfall. Much of Central and South Florida has an interconnected water management system, and flood control is often a shared ...

Should scattered outages occur, LCEC has a strong restoration plan in place to reenergize members as quickly and safely as possible, utility officials said Monday. "This restoration plan includes maintaining relationships with power line and tree-trimming contractors, fuel companies, material ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has amended his executive order, expanding the number of counties under a state of emergency in preparation for Tropical Storm Idalia from 33 counties to 46. Counties now included in the executive order are: Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, ...

Alert Lee has announced a tropical storm warning for Coastal Lee with storm surge watch remaining in effect. A tropical storm warning means tropical storm-force winds are expected somewhere within this area within the next 36 hours. Locations affected are Cape Coral, Captiva and Sanibel, ...

Tropical Storm Idalia is predicted by the National Hurricane Center to strengthen to a major hurricane when it makes landfall early Wednesday. Life-threatening storm surge and dangerous winds are becoming increasingly likely for portions of Florida’s Gulf Coast. The following watches are ...

Hodges Unversity has released the following statement on its decision to close after 33 years in Fort Myers: "Hodges University Board of Trustees has made the difficult decision to not enroll any new degree-seeking students for September 2023 and to take the necessary steps to begin to ...