HURRICANE IAN

The Bull Creek Fish Camp restaurant, which is part of Flagler County’s Bull Creek Campgrounds, will be torn down at the end of February, having suffered irreparable damages suffered from hurricanes Ian and Nicole.

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.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has awarded $100 million for beach erosion projects and other restoration efforts in 16 coastal counties damaged by Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole.

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

Thursday is the last day you can apply for FEMA disaster relief if you had property loss or damage from Hurricane Ian.

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.

When the new year starts in less than a week, a number of new laws will take effect in Florida.

News4JAX is taking a look back at some of the most unforgettable stories of 2022.

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.

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.

The property insurance debate at the Capitol of Florida is affecting a vast amount of people in the state.

Nearly 50,000 property owners forced from their homes for more than a month by Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole could be eligible for tax relief under a bill that was being prepared Friday for a special legislative session next week.

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.

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.

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.

Today is the last day of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season and what a year it’s been.

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.

As Florida lawmakers try to stabilize the troubled property-insurance system next month, they could face worsening problems with reinsurance, a critical part of the system.

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.

It’s been an active 2022 hurricane season in Florida, with both Ian and Nicole slamming the state.

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

Despite pounding parts of the East Coast, Hurricane Nicole will not hit Florida’s insurance market as hard as Hurricane Ian.

While parts of Southwest Florida were decimated by Hurricane Ian, a community less than 50 miles from the coast looks like there was no storm at all.

A popular Clay County restaurant has reopened after experiencing flooding from Tropical Storm Nicole.

Days after Nicole made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near Vero Beach, state officials updated the deaths attributed to the storm to include one in Duval County.

The initial damage assessment for Hurricane Nicole’s wrath in Volusia County is over $481 million, topping the $377 million mark set by Hurricane Ian, according to the Volusia County Property Appraiser.

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

Nicole continues to fade away in the Appalachians, but it packed quite the punch across much of Florida, including our area.

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.

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.

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

A day after asking residents and visitors in certain parts of the county to evacuate ahead of Nicole, Flagler County emergency management officials on Thursday asked drivers to avoid using A1A if at all possible.

Due to Tropical Storm Nicole, Putnam County is currently recommending evacuations for Zone F, which includes Sportsmans Harbor, Dunns Creek, Federal Point and other locations that experienced flooding during Hurricane Ian, according to Putnam County Department of Emergency Services’ Emergency Management Division.

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.

Nicole is expected to bring heavy wind, storm surge and flooding.

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

In preparation for Nicole, Jacksonville Beach Ocean Rescue issued a beach safety alert through the weekend. Officials are warning people not to go into the water due to the dangerous conditions.

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.

You’ve gotten the push alerts that Tropical Storm Watches, Storm Surge Warnings and Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect. What do all these alerts mean?

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.

Hazardous weather is expected over Florida this week.

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.

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.

The death toll from Hurricane Ian continues to rise across the state.

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

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.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group Lynyrd Skynyrd will headline a Hurricane Ian Benefit Concert at Hertz Arena next month, according to a release.

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

Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well. It destroyed man-made reefs and brought along red tide, the harmful algae blooms that kill fish and birds, according to marine researchers who returned last week from a six-day cruise organized by the Florida Institute of Oceanography. Researchers who used the cruise to study marine life in the Gulf of Mexico following the hurricane say it left in its wake red tide and destroyed artificial reefs from as far away as 30 miles (48 kilometers) from the coast of southwest Florida.

Images from the aftermath of Hurricane Ian sent shockwaves across the world. Cities, bridges and entire islands were completely leveled when Ian made landfall as a fierce Category 4 hurricane in southwestern Florida in late September. Now, just over a month after Ian's landfall, residents are still trying to pick up the pieces, and collection trucks continue to remove piles upon piles of heavy debris. However, the tons of debris that litter the roads and fill people's homes doesn't just disappea

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency will open a Disaster Recovery Center on Saturday at the Flagler County Fairgrounds, the Flagler County Emergency Management said Friday.

Hurricane Ian cause billions of dollars in damage. Are recent hurricanes getting stronger?

The Flagler County Beach City Commission has voted to keep the pier closed after an engineering firm said it is no longer safe for public use following significant Hurricane Ian damage.

Hurricane Ian cleanup continues on Fort Myers Beach after the Category 4 hurricane slammed Southwest Florida on Sept. 28, 2022.

A Tampa Bay man got a crash course on Florida's property insurance crisis when Hurricane Ian hit last month.

Floridians have taken up residence in parking lots, where a sense of community is helping keep spirits up as many look for housing.

Even though Hurricane Ian has passed, the storm is still causing a stir in its cleanup efforts. Crews are fighting over multi-million dollar cleanup contracts.

Disaster Recovery Centers provide disaster survivors with information from Florida state agencies, FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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

It has been a month since Hurricane Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida. Now multimillion-dollar cleanup contracts are generating new tempests in the Category 4 storm's wake. Contractors who remove debris and perform post-storm repairs are fighting over local government contracts that could be worth tens of millions in tax dollars.

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.

A Fort Myers mobile home neighborhood was completely destroyed by Hurricane Ian, taking retirement plans and funds with it.

Our Solutionaries team has been working hard to find solutions for many issues plaguing our communities.

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

A Michigan man died after contracting a dangerous bacterial infection while helping a friend clean up after Hurricane Ian.

A solar-powered neighborhood not far from Fort Myers made it through Hurricane Ian without losing electricity, water or even internet. An engineer behind the project explains what worked so well.

Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida at the worst possible time for many in the agricultural community, cutting a path through Florida’s citrus belt and hitting tomato fields just before the start of seasonal harvests.

Snow White, a young Staffordshire bull terrier, is available for adoption at Liberty Humane Society in Jersey City, N.J., after she was taken out of Florida during the onslaught of Hurricane Ian.

A state economist said Friday that October numbers likely will show an impact from the Category 4 storm, which made landfall Sept. 28 in Southwest Florida, but wouldn’t speculate on potential changes.

Hurricane Ian killed more than 100 people in Florida. It also resulted in scores of animal deaths and left others missing. Rescue workers are still finding pets that disappeared.

The Florida Legislature will hold a special session before the end of the year to consider providing property tax relief for people and businesses whose property was destroyed by Hurricane Ian.

DeSantis made the announcement Thursday at Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille in Lee County, which took the brunt of Hurricane Ian as it came ashore.

A 2022 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 will be auctioned at the Barrett-Jackson Houston even to raise money for Hurricane Ian relief efforts in Florida.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the reopening of the causeway linking Sanibel Island to the mainland that was washed out by Hurricane Ian.

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer is calling for a major overhaul in the way insurance is handled to prevent fraud in wake of Hurricane Ian.

The causeway linking the island to the Florida mainland reopened with temporary repairs just three weeks after it was washed out by the hurricane. The reopening will help recovery work on the island.

The Florida Department of Children and Families is opening the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to St. Johns County residents as part of the state’s response to Hurricane Ian, St. Johns County Emergency Management announced Wednesday.

Hurricane Ian caused storm surges of up to 12 feet, leaving behind warm, brackish floodwaters where Vibrio vulnificus thrives.

Republicans indicate they will reject the Democratic push to give FEMA an "equity" mission if they take back control of Congress in the midterm elections.