Precautionary boil water notice issued in Lee County
FORT MYERS, Fla. A precautionary boil water notice was issued Saturday evening in Lee County ahead of Hurricane Irma, according to Lee County Utilities. Residents who experience low water pressure or...
View ArticleSteps to take NOW to prepare for Hurricane Irma’s impact
These are the steps to take NOW as Hurricane Irma bears down on Southwest Florida: Now is the time to charge your smartphone and tablets. Now is the time to fill your bathtubs with water. Now is the...
View ArticleHurricane Irma’s approach causing water levels to drop
FORT MYERS, Fla. As Southwest Florida prepares for potentially catastrophic storm surge from Hurricane Irma, water levels are actually going down. WINK meteorologist Zach Maloch explains why.
View ArticleLee County institutes curfew
FORT MYERS, Fla. A curfew was declared in Lee County Sunday to protect residents during and after Hurricane Irma, Lee County officials said. The mandatory curfew will be in effect from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m....
View ArticleFlooding, downed trees, power lines menace Bonita Springs
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. Hurricane Irma cleanup in Bonita Springs could take “a number of months,” city officials said Monday. Many roads are flooded, and others have downed trees and power lines are...
View ArticleFour Lee County shelters to be open Monday night
FORT MYERS, Fla. Four shelters will be open Monday night in Lee County. The county is closing all of its 14 existing shelters except for Germain Arena and Alico Arena and opening two new shelters,...
View ArticleTree limbs knock down power lines in Cape Coral
CAPE CORAL, Fla. WINK News reporter Brooke Shaffer was at Country Club Place Condos in Cape Coral where caution tape blocked off areas of the road where tree limbs took down power lines.
View ArticlePublix locations to open Tuesday in SWFL
FORT MYERS, Fla. Publix stores will open at 8 a.m. Tuesday in Southwest Florida will following Hurricane Irma, according to a company spreadsheet. See the full list below:
View ArticleFlooding closes 4-mile stretch of Burnt Store Road in Cape Coral
CAPE CORAL, Fla. Flooding has forced the closure of a 4-mile stretch of Burnt Store Road in northwest Cape Coral. The road is closed between Gulfstream and Durden parkways, the Cape Coral Police...
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Irma damages Lehigh Senior High School, affects other Lee schools
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. Hurricane Irma blew out windows and knocked down ceiling tiles at Lehigh Senior High School. It also ravaged portable classrooms at Three Oaks Middle School, knocked down trees at...
View ArticleDowned power lines reported in Sanibel
SANIBEL, Fla. A number of downed power lines were reported Monday in Sanibel, according to city officials. Residents are reminded not to touch, drive or walk over any bare or downed power lines, city...
View ArticleFort Myers restaurant owners work to feed neighbors until power returns
FORT MYERS, Fla. Hurricane Irma brought out the best in people across Southwest Florida, including two Fort Myers restaurant owners.
View ArticleRSW to resume flights ‘for the most part’ on Wednesday
SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. Southwest Florida International Airport will resume operations “for the most part” on Wednesday, the airport said in a Facebook post. The airport suggests passengers arrive early...
View ArticleLee County Utilities lifts precautionary boil water notice
FORT MYERS, Fla. A precautionary boil water notice was lifted Tuesday afternoon for Lee County Utilities customers, county officials said. The precautionary boil water notice was issued Saturday, and...
View ArticleDowned trees across Cape Coral after Hurricane Irma
CAPE CORAL, Fla. Downed trees line the streets of Southwest Florida’s largest city following Hurricane Irma.
View ArticleU.S. Rep. Francis Rooney assesses damage in SWFL after Hurricane Irma
FORT MYERS, Fla. U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney visited the hardest hit areas of Southwest Florida Tuesday after Hurricane Irma.
View ArticleLehigh Acres men use swamp buggy to help stranded neighbors
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. Two men are helping neighbors stranded inside their homes in Lehigh Acres by using a swamp buggy to get through flooded waters.
View ArticlePeople in SWFL search for gas after Irma
FORT MYERS, Fla. Hundreds of people waited in line to fill up their tanks Wednesday morning at a gas station on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
View ArticleFort Myers Beach resumes trash pickup after Irma
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. Trash services will resume for island residents Wednesday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said. The Town of Fort Myers Beach will start having regularly scheduled trash pick-up...
View ArticleCaskets rise to surface at Buckingham cemetery after flooding from Irma
FORT MYERS, Fla. Rains and flooding from Hurricane Irma rose caskets to the surface at a cemetery off Buckingham Road.
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