Emergency

The Village of Estero is closely monitoring Hurricane Dorian as it progresses northward along the eastern coast of Florida, along with our partners in Lee County and the Estero and San Carlos Park Fire teams. Likely Impact: Hurricane Dorian is presently a category 3 storm, though it is not expected to provide a significant impact to Estero. The projected course will take the storm up the eastern coast of Florida. What We Have Done: All major Village stormwater systems and ditches have been cleared, including the ditch along the railroad. Generators are on standby, should sanitary sewer pump stations lose [Read More.]

The Village of Estero is closely monitoring Hurricane Dorian as it progresses northward along the eastern coast of Florida, along with our partners in Lee County and the Estero and San Carlos Park Fire teams. Likely Impact: The weather forecast is clarifying. Hurricane Dorian is presently a category 4, though it is not expected to provide a significant impact to Estero.  Expect 2-5 inches of rain tomorrow, with tropical storm force wind gusts (not sustained), and no storm surge. Need to Know: Lee County schools will be open Tuesday, September 3. What We Have Done: All major Village stormwater systems [Read More.]

The Village of Estero is closely monitoring Hurricane Dorian as it progresses towards Florida, along with our partners in Lee County and the Estero and San Carlos Park Fire teams.  No evacuations are required at this time. Likely Impact: The weather forecast is clarifying. Though Hurricane Dorian has intensified to a category 5, it is not expected to provide a significant impact to Estero.  Expect 2-5 inches of rain today and tomorrow, with tropical storm force wind gusts (not sustained), and no storm surge. What We Have Done: All major Village stormwater systems and ditches have been cleared, including the [Read More.]

  The Village of Estero is closely monitoring Hurricane Dorian as it progresses towards Florida, along with our partners in Lee County and the Estero and San Carlos Park Fire teams.  No evacuations are required at this time. What We Know: Hurricane Dorian will impact the eastern coast of Florida early next week (likely Monday). What Remains Unclear: The weather forecast is clarifying. Though Hurricane Dorian has intensified to a category 5, it is not expected to provide a significant impact to Estero.  Expect 2-5 inches of rain between Monday and Tuesday, with tropical storm force wind gusts (not sustained), [Read More.]

The Village of Estero is closely monitoring Hurricane Dorian as it progresses toward Florida, along with our partners in Lee County and the Estero and San Carlos Park Fire teams. No evacuations are required at this time. What We Know: Hurricane Dorian will impact the eastern coast of Florida early next week (likely Monday). What We Don’t Know: It is unclear what the impact will be on Estero, at this time. Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected. The storm timeframe is unclear, at this time. Impacts will likely be felt beginning Sunday night, through the middle of next week. What We Have Done: [Read More.]

Lee County will begin its second pass of Hurricane Irma debris removal beginning Monday, November 13. Residents are encouraged to use this coming week and next weekend to put all hurricane-related debris at the curb. The second pass will be the final opportunity for hurricane debris pickup. The second and final pass will be for both Construction & Demolition (C&D) and horticulture. Lee County anticipates the second pass to be completed during December 2017. Residents should continue to keep piles of C&D, such as roofing materials or damaged fencing, separate from horticulture. This will allow the haulers to remove as [Read More.]

The deadline for Hurricane Irma survivors to register for FEMA individual disaster assistance has been extended to November 24. Federal disaster assistance for individuals and families can include money for rental assistance, essential home repairs, personal property losses and other serious disaster-related needs not covered by insurance. Individuals can register online at disasterassistance.gov. By phone, call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362 or 800-462-7585. Due to high demand, lines may be busy. Please be patient, and try calling in the morning or evening when call volume may be low. The FEMA Helpline is open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven [Read More.]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is operating a Disaster Recovery Center in Lee County to assist Floridians recovering from Hurricane Irma. Representatives from multiple government agencies will be available at the center to answer questions and help Floridians apply for assistance. Location: Florida Gulf Coast University Emergent Technologies Institute 16301 Innovation Lane Fort Myers, FL 33913 Monday - Sunday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. You may also register for FEMA assistance online at: www.DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 800-621-3362. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and use a TTY, call 800-462-7585. Help is available [Read More.]

Lee County Solid Waste will begin regular curbside collection of yard waste Monday. This is the final step in resuming regularly scheduled pickup to households across Lee County since Hurricane Irma hit Sept. 10. Curbside household waste pickup and recycling pickup resumed earlier. Storm debris-related collection is ongoing countywide and is separate from regularly scheduled curbside pickups. Storm debris includes trees, branches, shrubs and other vegetation that was downed during Hurricane Irma. It also includes downed fencing, flooring, furniture, wallboard and other debris that had to be removed from homes due to structural damage or flooding. Specially hired debris-removal contractors [Read More.]

Lee County Utilities has lifted its request for residents to conserve water as it returns to normal operations. Lee County Utilities maintains over 600 lift stations throughout its collection system and power has been restored to most of them. More are regaining power daily. The system-wide Precautionary Boil Water Notice was lifted last week.  There may be isolated boil water notices due to normal operations.  Please check the Lee County Utilities web site at www.leegov.com/utlities if you have questions.   Bonita Springs Utilities has posted that power has been restored to almost all sewer lift stations.  They continue to manually pump those [Read More.]