Lee County

Outreach workers are talking with the campers about options to perhaps move into transitional housing elsewhere. Some nearby business owners say it's time for them to move on.

Lee County is working to get signage back in place after Hurricane Ian damaged much of the coast in September.

Speaking in Lee County, DeSantis also announced more funds for hurricane recovery while citing red tape in the need to get more temporary shelters to residents in Southwest Florida.

A new app and phone number are the "gateway to all housing and services for persons who are experiencing homelessness."

Work on getting FEMA trailers set up for disaster victims in Southwest Florida could last until well into summer, an agency spokesman said.

Some shops and restaurants have cleaned up and reopened, but others along the beaches will take longer to rebuild and open again.

Ozzie and Harriet made the nest their home every year from fall to spring beginning in 2006. After Ozzie died in 2015. Harriet bonded with M15. Online cameras have watched the nest for 12 years

Florida is a magnet for retirees — not just for those who can afford exclusive gated communities, but also for those on fixed incomes. Now, many face a wrenching reality: rebuilding is not an option.

The Florida Department of Health reports 28 cases and six deaths in Lee County from vibrio vulnificus, a bacterial infection that thrives in warm, brackish water.

The assistance is available in Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Hardee, Lee, and Sarasota counties, those hardest hit by Hurricane Ian

Hundreds of Lee County residents remain in a shelter more than three weeks after Hurricane Ian swept through the region. Some are hopeful of getting jobs and places to live, but those who were homeless before Ian face an even tougher recovery.

At San Carlos Park Elementary, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced $2 million has been awarded to support local education foundations in six school districts hardest hit by the storm.