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SWFL Urban Search & Rescue crew members return home from Surfside Published: July 2, 2021 8:14 PM EDT Updated: July 2, 2021 8:16 PM EDT Recommended Rescue crews from Southwest Florida went to the site of the Champlain Towers condo collapse in Surfside. They have worked hard and are returning home. The families, crew workers and community members are dealing with unbelievable loss, since no survivors have been found since the first hours after the collapse. When we first went to Surfside to report on the latest updates from the scene, we saw hope. “I know that there are people there,” Bett...

Bonita Springs families hope to see no potential flooding Published: July 2, 2021 11:26 PM EDT Recommended Families we spoke to were not worried about Hurricane Elsa Friday night. They are preparing. They hope, if Elsa brings rain to Southwest Florida, they don’t see flooding like what Hurricane Sally brought in 2020. Some people who live along the Imperial River in Bonita Springs are leaving for the holiday weekend and hoping the area doesn’t flood like it normally does. Others have already put their shutters up and are prepared for the worst just in case. Southwest Florida is no strange...

Shoppers prepare for July 4, possible hurricane impacts afterward Published: July 2, 2021 11:21 PM EDT Recommended The storm essentials included water, batteries and non-perishable food. We saw employees restock shelves with water right next to where the Fourth of July sparklers were on sale. “We have water and some basic stuff,” Shaina Zupke said. People want to celebrate with fireworks but are also preparing in case Elsa makes an appearance after the holiday weekend. “We just make sure we have enough food,” Sean O’Connor said. Mike Cothran says not to panic. “We got a new genera...

Many new home buyers to experience first hurricane season in SWFL Published: July 2, 2021 11:23 PM EDT Recommended Many cities in Southwest Florida are seeing a lot of growth. Construction crews are building thousands of new homes in Cape Coral, but that means lot of people dealing with their first hurricane season. If you remember what happened to toilet paper early in the pandemic, first responders told us the same things happens to many of the supplies you need to be stocked up on in the days leading up to a big storm. So it’s important to stock up on food, water and even medications for...

Floridians remain frustrated with state unemployment system Published: July 2, 2021 11:31 PM EDT Updated: July 3, 2021 12:21 PM EDT Recommended Widespread problems are coming from Florida Department of Economic Opportunity as people continue to battle the unemployment system. The state promised things were getting better, since the pandemic overwhelmed the website and kept people from their payments. It might feel like a broken record at this point, but the question remains: How is this still happening? In an email, a woman wrote us she tried to log on to the website hundreds of times and nev...