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The three-mile-long Sanibel Causeway connects the island with the mainland and portions of the bridge were destroyed by Hurricane Ian on 28 September 2022. ... Powerful waves lashed the Sanibel ...
Weather. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. ... A damaged causeway to Sanibel Island is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian , Thursday ...
Some 100 engineers were also deployed to inspect bridges, like the causeway connecting the mainland to Sanibel Island, which collapsed at five sections, making passage possible only by boat.
Sanibel is only reachable now by air or boat. Hurricane Ian washed large portions of its causeway bridge away. "Our island is a jewel. People come from around the world to see our island," said Smith.
The 1944 Cuba–Florida hurricane (also known as the 1944 San Lucas hurricane and the Sanibel Island Hurricane of 1944) [1] [2] was a large Category 4 tropical cyclone on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale that caused widespread damage across the western Caribbean Sea and Southeastern United States in October 1944.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter prepares to land on the beach to ferry people off the island, in the wake of Hurricane Ian, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, on Sanibel Island, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
A large section of a causeway connecting a Florida island to the mainland collapsed in Hurricane Ian, leaving anyone who did not evacuate stranded. Section of Sanibel Causeway is destroyed by Ian ...
Like Sanibel Mayor Holly Smith said in a moving letter “to Sanibelians and to all those who love this Island,” she, too, is “struggling to find the words to convey my feelings.” Summer won ...