PINE ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron Desantis and the Florida Department of Transportation ... are expected to be completed by the end of October.

Florida completed repairs on the Pine Island Bridge on Thursday, just three days after construction efforts began in the wake of Hurricane Ian. Pine Island was one of two major barrier islands to ...

President Joe Biden (D) joined Florida Gov ... the five-day emergency Pine Island project and plans to finish repair of the causeway to Sanibel Island by the end of October.

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MATLACHA, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 04: In this aerial view, an FDOT crew works on repairing the road that goes to Pine Island on October 04, 2022 in Matlacha, Florida. The original road was made ...

As Hurricane Ian took aim on Pine Island, the largest barrier island off Florida’s Gulf Coast, Jackie Mononhan and her neighbor Bernee Brawn headed to the opposite side of the state and safety.

Last year, Hurricanes Helene (September) and Milton (October ... throughout Southwest Florida. One location hit particularly hard by those two hurricanes was Pine Island and the small fishing ...

Paramedics and other volunteers with a group that helps rescue people after natural disasters went door to door Saturday on Florida's devastated Pine Island, offering to evacuate residents who ...

"People are losing their homes and their businesses," one resident told ABC. MATLACHA, Fla. -- Roughly three dozen pastel-colored cottages line the only road to Pine Island, the largest island ...

The largest barrier island ... Florida's Gulf Coast has been largely cut off from the outside world after Hurricane Ian heavily damaged its causeway but a temporary roadway was opening Wednesday ...