In downtown Fort Myers, businesses are shuttered, boarded up and bracing for impact from Hurricane Milton. City leaders have ...

The News-Press has reporters and photographers covering the latest news in Lee County as residents, businesses and officials ...

Hurricane Milton, which re-strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane Tuesday afternoon, is taking aim at Florida.

Thousands of fleeing cars clogged Florida's highways ahead of the storm, but time for evacuations was running out Wednesday.

Communities along Florida's west coast are bracing for a life-threatening storm. Many residents are taking Milton very ...

This is the place for the latest news and developments for Hurricane Milton as it approaches Lee County and the Southwest ...

Tampa, with a metropolitan area that is home to over 3 million people, has not had a direct hit by a major hurricane in more than 100 years.

Amid dire warnings and predictions of giant storm surges, Floridians puzzled over how far to flee was far enough — or whether ...

The Category 5 storm is expected to strike the Gulf Coast late Wednesday, and officials warn of devastation across the state. Millions have been urged to leave the coasts.

Efforts to boost visitation during the region’s slow season have stalled. Instead, tourism boosters and businesses are rallying for spring.

Hurricane Milton is bringing dangerous storm surge, high winds and flooding rain to Florida. Here's where power is out around ...