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Sanibel Causeway, which collapsed during Hurricane Ian, faces extreme storm surge from Milton
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10/8/2024
A critical causeway on the west coast of Florida that was destroyed by Hurricane Ian just two years ago could face a similar fate from Milton.
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I'm storm chaser Mike Scantland right now standing on the Sanibel Causeway
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here now this is the Sanibel Harbor and the Sanibel Causeway connects Fort
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Myers proper mainland with Sanibel Island and then the split off to the
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north goes to Punta Rossa and then Pine Island as well here just to the north
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here Fort Myers Beach just to our south right where I'm standing actually is
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where Hurricane Ian the storm surge from Hurricane Ian undercut this causeway
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causing partial collapse here right where I'm standing and you can see
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they're still working on it they're either still working on the damage from
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Hurricane Ian or it has been damaged again either from Hurricane Debbie or
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Hurricane Helene here just in the last couple weeks to a couple months here so
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right now they actually have construction crews that are just now
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finishing up here on this construction and they are getting out of here and I
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don't blame him this is going to be an area where we see extreme storm surge
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this will be catastrophic storm surge here on the Sanibel Causeway into Fort
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Myers Beach and as far north as the center of the circulation will allow
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we'll have that onshore flow there will be catastrophic storm surge and likely
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permanent changes here to the landscape here this will be a generational storm
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this storm will be talked about for decades here for this area is officially
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back to category 5 status here as of 5 p.m. here on Tuesday unfortunately this
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area is no stranger to extreme storm surge here even recently as I said so
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hopefully that's fresh on the minds here the locals and people are not
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taking any chances if you're here if you're somewhere south of Tampa all the
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way to Naples not taking those evacuation orders seriously I'm begging
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you get out of town do not chance it with this storm this this is going to be
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a big deal for AccuWeather I'm storm chaser Mike Scantlin
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