Hurricanes Helene and Milton took sand from Collier County's beaches, but some of it is offshore, and could soon return on ...
Most of the $10 million to construct the Beach berm came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA.
Residents face heavy traffic and hundreds of stations out of gas as they seek refuge from potential life-threatening winds ...
"(The berm) worked as much as it could," said Chadd Chustz, environmental project manager for Fort Myers Beach. "This was obviously catastrophic, and the (storm surge) height was well above the berm.