Editing Lee County, Florida (section)

====Hurricanes====
On August 13, 2004, the county was struck by [[Hurricane Charley]], a [[Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale#Category 4|category 4]] storm, particularly on the northwestern islands of [[Captiva Island|Captiva]], [[Boca Grande, FL|Gasparilla]], and [[North Captiva]]. On September 10, 2017, Lee County was struck by [[Hurricane Irma]] as a [[Saffir–Simpson scale|category 2]] storm. On September 28, 2022, [[Hurricane Ian]] made landfall on Lee County as a [[Category 4 hurricane|category 4]] storm, causing major damage to [[Sanibel, Florida|Sanibel]], [[Pine Island (Lee County, Florida)|Pine Island]], and surrounding areas. [[Sanibel Causeway]] partially collapsed in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andone |first=Paul P. Murphy,Rebekah Riess,Dakin |date=September 29, 2022 |title=Sanibel and Captiva islands cut off from Florida mainland after Ian's 'biblical' storm surge washes away three parts of Sanibel Causeway |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/29/us/sanibel-causeway-bridge-florida-hurricane-ian/index.html |access-date=September 29, 2022 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> 71 deaths occurred in Lee County as of October 4.<ref name="FL 105 deaths">{{cite news |last=Seaver |first=Matthew |date=March 23, 2023 |title=Remembering the people taken by Hurricane Ian. |url=https://winknews.com/2023/03/28/remembering-the-people-taken-by-hurricane-ian/ |accessdate=March 23, 2023 |work=Wink News |publisher=McBride Family |language=English}}</ref>