Built in 8 days, can Alligator Alcatraz in Everglades take on hurricane? Not a major one. Phil Fernandez, Naples Daily News. Tue, ... Hurricane Ian had top maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, ...

Alligator Alcatraz, a detention camp in the Florida Everglades, ... In 2022, Hurricane Ian had top maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, just shy of reaching Category 5 classification, ...

Hurricane Ian slammed Lee County with treacherous storm surge, damaging nearly 50,000 homes, killing 150 people and causing a ...

Category 5 Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida in 1992, destroying over 63,000 homes and damaging more than 124,000 others. More than 70,000 acres of trees were knocked down or damaged in the ...

Ports on Florida’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts moved to close down operations on Wednesday and ordered bigger vessels out to sea as they braced for potential damage from Hurricane Ian, which made ...

Florida plans to evacuate its new Everglades detention center, known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ if hurricanes pose a threat this storm season.

What is Alligator Alcatraz in the Florida Everglades, south of Naples? The detention camp 44 miles south of Naples off U.S. 41 is scheduled to hold up to 3,000 detainees, who also are supposed to ...