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NAPLES, Fla. - Firefighters in Naples waded through deep floodwater Wednesday to rescue a woman trapped in her car as Hurricane Ian pounded Florida’s west coast.Footage by Naples Fire-Rescue shows a firefighter breaking the rear passenger window and helping the woman to safety. Her condition was not immediately clear but she appeared unharmed in the footage.Collier County officials said on Wednesday night that half of the streets in Naples were "not passable" due to high water, and tides might further raise the water level.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Southwestern Florida was slammed by a historic Hurricane Ian Wednesday afternoon, making landfall with 150 mph winds and a record-setting storm surge.Ian came ashore as a Category 4 hurricane near Cayo Costa in Lee County just after 3 p.m. EDT, according to the National Hurricane Center, knocking out power to over 2 million customers across Florida as of early Thursday morning and triggering dozens of water rescues in the southwestern part of the state.President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for Florida and ordered his team to mobilize additional federal resources to help with recovering, including assistance for temporary housing and home repairs, the White House said.FOX WEATHER WIRE FOR SEPT. 28: HURRICANE IAN MAKES LANDFALLSo far there are no reports of injuries or deaths for the storm that tied for the fourth-strongest hurricane on record to strike Florida.Video from Joel Franco shows storm chasers and weather reporters on the street in Punta Gorda as "the full fury" of Hurricane Ian arrives.Videos and images from south Naples and Marco Island in Collier County painted a dangerous picture of how serious the storm surge would become as Ian’s eye wall came ashore, forcing 2.5 million to flee.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVHurricane Ian's winds whipping through Naples knocked down trees and storm surge reached an all-time record hours before landfall.

NAPLES, Fla. - A tiger at the Naples Zoo was killed and an employee of the zoo's cleaning company nearly lost his arm after the man apparently jumped a safety barrier and stuck his arm through the internal fence in the tiger's enclosure, according to a newly released report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.The tiger attacked, taking hold of the man's arm. He was able to call 911 during the attack and the responding deputy fired one shot, which later resulted in the death of the 8-year-old, male Malayan tiger named Eko.According to a 53-page document released by FWC, the incident happened around 7 p.m., after the zoo closed, on December 29. A sergeant with the Collier County Sheriff's Office responded to the 911 call made by 26-year-old Anthony Robert "River" Rosenquist, of Naples, and found the man with his arm through a chain link fence, still being attacked by the tiger.Officers stand over the body of The tiger released its grip after the sergeant fired a single shot at the animal.

WASHINGTON – Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurses called him and other Black employees “boy." Management ignored two large swastikas painted on a storage room wall. And for six months, he regularly rode an elevator with the N-word carved into a wall.

IMMOKALEE, Fla. – An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle.

FORT MYERS, Fla. – An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle.

NAPLES, Fla. – Despite the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic, no one at a crowded grocery store in Naples was wearing a face mask.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man is accused of decapitating a hamster and leaving its body in a box near the road he lives on not long after he purchased it from a pet store, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – A man accused of trying to street race in the Naples area blared the “Cops” TV show theme song from his speakers after he was pulled over, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.Deputies said they had just finished up a call around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday on U.S.

NAPLES, Fla. – Yuki, a 13-year-old wolfdog that became an internet sensation because of his resemblance to a canine creature on the TV show “Game of Thrones,” has died, according to a Southwest Florida animal sanctuary.Shy Wolf Sanctuary Education and Experience Center in Collier County tweeted on Thursday that Yuki passed away from blood cancer.[TRENDING: Iota strengthens into hurricane | How to follow live coverage of SpaceX crewed launch | Fake DEA agent brings gun to Disney, deputies say]“We have some very sad news to share about our beloved wolfdog, Yuki.

SEATTLE – Cam Newton was stopped at the 1-yard line on the final play and the Seattle Seahawks held off the New England Patriots 35-30 on Sunday night. Newton led New England 80 yards in the closing moments, trying to spoil the performance of Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson, who matched his career high with five touchdown passes.

IMMOKALEE, Fla. – An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle.It's the 15th panther death attributed to fatal collisions, out of 18 total deaths this year, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.The remains of the 3-year-old male panther were found Friday in Collier County on a rural road east of Immokalee, wildlife officials said.Florida panthers once roamed the entire Southeast, but now their habitat mostly is confined to a small region of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico.

Booking image for Mackensie Alexander OKEECHOBEE, Fla. - A cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals left training camp Tuesday to help search for his father who went missing during a berry-picking trip in Okeechobee County. Hours later he was arrested on a battery charge in Collier County.Jean Odney Alexander, of Immokalee, Florida, was last seen Monday.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Mackensie Alexander was jailed Wednesday on a charge of misdemeanor battery after deputies say he beat up a man shortly after returning to Florida to help search for his missing father.Alexander, 26, and another man, 28-year-old Evins Clement, were arrested by Collier County sheriff's deputies Tuesday night, not long after Alexander arrived back in southwest Florida where he grew up and his family still lives in the small farming community of Immokalee.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Wildlife officials are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information about the intentional killing of an endangered Florida panther.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the reward Thursday.A female panther was found dead east of Immokalee in Collier County on March 8, during the opening weekend of the spring turkey hunting season in south Florida.A forensic examination of the panther carcass and other evidence indicated that the panther was intentionally killed and partially mutilated a day earlier, FWC officials said. The carcass was then transported at night and dumped in the area where it was recovered.Florida panthers are protected under the Endangered Species Act.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – A small plane carrying two people made an emergency landing on a busy Collier County interstate Friday much to the surprise of drivers on the road.According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, a small, single-engine, two-seat Cessna plane made an emergency landing on southbound Interstate 75 around 10 a.m.The plane has been safely loaded onto a tow truck. Emergency crews have completed the on scene investigation and all I75 lanes are back open! Travel safe! pic.twitter.com/z63wCIoyFODeputies said the plane landed safely near Mile Marker 107 at Pine Ridge Road after the pilot reported engine problems.

FHP photo NAPLES, Fla. - No one was hurt when a small plane made an emergency landing along Interstate 75 this morning, troopers say.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the single-engine plane landed along the highway near Pine Ridge Road in Collier County, successfully avoiding any vehicles on the ground. Two people were onboard.The cause of the emergency was not immediately clear.FHP photo

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COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – A homeowner in Florida is having some fun with the nation's rush on toilet paper by hanging a giant roll of TP in his front yard.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – Two Florida teens were injured over the weekend when the vehicle they were using in a drag race went airborne and flipped.