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Cape Coral homeowner returns to find Elsa ripped up seawall, dock Published: July 9, 2021 4:17 PM EDT Updated: July 9, 2021 6:09 PM EDT Recommended Elsa caused great damage to a homeowner’s seawall on his waterfront property. Carmine Zingariello told us he wasn’t at his Cape Coral home when Elsa brought its outer bands to SWFL and moved up along the coast. He was at his home in Massachusetts when he got a call from his neighbor saying his entire seawall had collapsed. It was too dangerous to walk on the area that was still damaged Friday. There were huge ruts in Zingariello’s lawn, and ...

SWFL parents of fallen soldiers have mixed emotions about return of troops in Afghanistan Published: July 9, 2021 6:00 PM EDT Updated: July 9, 2021 6:37 PM EDT Recommended Many loved ones are returning home from the 20-year war in Afghanistan. But for two Southwest Florida families, their children are not among those troops. We spoke to Gold Star Families Friday that told us why leaving Afghanistan is not all good news. “People are saying right now … ‘Your son died for nothing,’” said Bill Eggers, who respectfully disagrees. Eggers’ son is U.S. Army Captain Daniel Eggers. He died ...

Proposal opens up more Florida Panther land to the public in Collier County Published: July 9, 2021 9:40 PM EDT Updated: July 9, 2021 11:15 PM EDT Recommended There is a plan that could give people further access to wildlife in Southwest Florida. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to add new trails and allow for fishing and hunting for wild turkeys at Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge in Collier County. But this is not a unanimously accepted idea. Some say there is a reason this land has not been touched, and it’s to protect Florida panthers. They think we should let them be.

North Port flooding: Child rescued from water, drivers pulled from cars, water still rising Published: July 9, 2021 10:31 PM EDT Updated: July 9, 2021 11:15 PM EDT Recommended North Port Police Department responded to a child with special needs Friday who was landlocked in deep floodwaters that were caused by Elsa. Rescue crews took the child to a local facility to escape the flooding, as water continued to rise overnight in North Port. It could still take days for it to go back down. We were on Sumter Boulevard and Hablow Lane, where flooding was higher than the night before. About a half-do...

Floodwater drains outside Iona apartments thanks to county workers Published: July 8, 2021 5:22 PM EDT Updated: July 8, 2021 5:35 PM EDT Recommended Flooding left an entire apartment complex in Iona stranded, surrounded by flooding with cars submerged in water after Elsa dumped rain across Southwest Florida this week. The water receded from the Sanibel Way and Casa Bella communities Thursday, but it’s an issue people living there could face again during another storm. A project manager from Lee County Department of Transpiration told the condo association the first thing is the rest of the ...