Jane and Paul Ott, who own a house in Matlacha, say they are in total disbelief. "It's no longer my paradise. This was a dream home," Jane said. "It's just heartbreaking… " The vacation waterfront ...

"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 along ...

Many of the colorful cottages, boutiques and restaurants that made this artsy little fishing village famous and fun are gone or battered now, swallowed by surge or broken by wind. Boats have been ...

Hurricane Idalia brought localized flooding to several parts of Pine Island and Matlacha, areas that were already heavily damaged from last year’s Hurricane Ian.Out surveying the damage during low ...

A tiny, quaint fishing village is no match for a monster, Category 4 hurricane. We found this out a year ago when Hurricane Ian slammed the Southwest Florida coast and turned Matlacha upside down and ...

Matlacha residents are recovering from Helene’s storm surge on Thursday. Luke Fabiunke’s Matlacha home had about eight inches of water. He said he lost everything during Hurricane Ian two years ago.

For our special one-year anniversary coverage of Hurricane Ian, The News-Press and Naples Daily News reporters have had conversations with local leaders and officials about the important lessons that ...