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09/25/2025

What a shot from Sanibel tonight! 😮

WOW! Incredible shot of a colorful shelf cloud at sunset this evening above Sanibel, Florida. Check out those layers! 🌅☁️ Credit: Kathryn Housepian

09/25/2025

Spectacular Southwest Florida sunset! 🌅🔥

FLORIDA SUNSET! 🌅🌴 Incredible, fiery shot from Blind Pass along the Gulf that even this Great Blue Heron had to admire! Credit: Jessica Dawn

09/24/2025

Fujiwhara effect if two hurricanes try to combine! 🌀

09/24/2025

Jose David Catete, 19, began his criminal activities early, with his first felony arrest at just 12 years old. By 14, he had already stolen his first car.

WINK News is spotlighting three new fugitives on the run this week in Southwest Florida as part of our Most Wanted Wednesday segment.

09/24/2025

NEW: Tropical Storm Humberto has formed. 🌀

NEW: Tropical Storm has formed in the Atlantic, 8th storm of the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season. I'm also tracking Invest 94L, which if it forms, would become the "I" named storm... . Here are my thoughts as of Wednesday evening:

1. Humberto has the has the potential to become a hurricane, possibly even a major. Current model majority is out to sea, however, Bermuda should closely monitor the storm.

2. Invest 94L is disorganized, but has flared up more storms today. Next up will be mountainous Hispaniola. After, when it reemerges over the very warm waters of the Atlantic is when it's expected to organize and likely form into the Bahamas.

3. Although Florida to the Carolinas needs to monitor, current model trends have been positive for Florida trying to keep Invest 94L east of the state Sunday into Monday. A little too close for comfort though and not written in stone considering it hasn't even formed yet. Curving out to sea and not bothering anybody is still in the mix too.

4. Too early to know if we will see the "Fujiwhara Effect" between Humberto and potential Imelda. When two hurricanes spinning in the same direction pass close enough to each other, they begin a "dance" around their common center. If one hurricane is a lot stronger than the other, the smaller one will orbit it and eventually come crashing into its vortex to be absorbed.

I'll continue to keep you updated with no hype, just the facts. Thanks everyone!

- Matt Devitt WINK Weather

09/24/2025

According to the National Hurricane Center’s 5 p.m. update, Humberto is moving toward the west-northwest near 15 mph.

The Weather Authority is tracking Tropical Storm Humberto, which has formed in the Atlantic Ocean as of Wednesday.

09/24/2025

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09/24/2025

Twin storms possible in the Atlantic. 🌀🌀

Well this an...interesting...look from the European model for Sunday into Monday. Possible twins, and , not far from one another as tropical storms or hurricanes in the Atlantic. Although Florida to the Carolinas needs to monitor, current model trends have been positive for Florida trying to keep Invest 94L east of the state (left storm). A little too close for comfort though and not written in stone just yet. Curving out to sea and not bothering anybody is still in the mix too. I'll keep tracking them and keep you updated.

09/24/2025

In total, 55.5 grams of fentanyl, 21 grams of he**in, and 89 grams of co***ne, 207 grams of m**h and $29,000 were recovered.

Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno held a news conference regarding a large-scale drug bust in Lehigh Acres.

09/24/2025

BREAKING: Three people have been shot at an Immigration and U.S. Customs Enforcement office in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the agency’s director said. Read more ➡️ winknews.com

09/24/2025

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09/24/2025

The officer pursued the vehicles, catching up with a white Ford F-150. The driver, identified as Troy David Goss Jr., was detained. A passenger and a three-year-old child were also in the vehicle.

A Cape Coral Police officer observed two vehicles racing down Del Prado Boulevard North at speeds exceeding 100 mph on Friday.