Cape Coral

The Sunshine State rode a post-pandemic growth wave to surpass New York as the country’s third-most populous state, and has four of the country’s five fastest-growing metro areas‍—including Cape Coral–Fort Myers, which Hurricane Ian slammed in 2022, producing the third-most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history.

This is threatening supplies in wells in Cape Coral, which is just north of Fort Myers and is still recovering from last year’s Hurricane Ian destruction.

“Today, they’re drilling those wells deeper because we’ve seen water level declines. So those shallower wells are most susceptible to drying out,” he said, noting that more than 100 permits for deeper replacement wells have been issued in Cape Coral during the past couple of years.

The U.S. city most affected by climate change in July was Cape Coral, Florida, which saw fossil fuels make hotter temperatures 4.6 times more likely for the month and had 29 out of 31 days where there was a significant climate change fingerprint.

The victim “jumped in the water trying to swim around, antagonizing the alligators, and he got his arm bit off. A group of people came running up with a panicked look on their face. … It was pretty ignorant to be out on the water knowing it’s mating season; they’ll get territorial when there’s another female around,” Ron Williams, who was also at Banditos, told WFTX-TV, a Cape Coral Fox affiliate.