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Teams from the United States Coast Guard and the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue have began airlifting residents out of Sanibel Island, in southwest Florida.
A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people live.