Charlotte County alone would see $64 million ... follow as the weeks passed until the second of four hurricanes (Francis) would arrive on Florida’s East Coast. And that’s a completely ...

Todd Dunn, the public information officer for Charlotte County, urged nonevacuated residents to remain inside as Hurricane Ian slammed Florida on Wednesday. The county, which is just north of Fort ...

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. — Sand is piled up to the first floor of most homes on Manasota Key, a sliver of land off Florida’s west coast, where devastation is widespread. NBC News, escorted by Charlotte ...

Southwest Florida has experienced a dramatic increase ... from 5,000 when Ian struck to about 13,500 now at the Lee-Charlotte County line off State Road 31. "We want to prove that a new town ...