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Hurricane Ian caused “historic” damage after making landfall in Florida, leaving more than 2.5 million without power. ... Fort Myers Beach showed much of the nearby community leveled by the ...
Hurricane Michael making landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane on October 10, 2018. In the 21st century, 80 tropical and subtropical cyclones, their remnants, and their precursors have affected the U.S. state of Florida. Collectively, cyclones in Florida during the time period resulted in more than $236 billion in damage ...
The hardest-hit areas were in Lee County, where catastrophic damage occurred as Ian pushed a destructive 10–15 ft (3.0–4.6 m) storm surge into Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel Island, and Bonita Springs, just south of where its eye made landfall. [72]
Hurricane Ian caused widespread devastation to Fort Myers Beach in Lee County, Florida, seen in video from the Red Coconut RV park on Estero Island.The death toll from Hurricane Ian was confirmed ...
Florida officials reported 1 confirmed death and 20 unconfirmed deaths due to the storm, which caused severe damage to Fort Myers and other areas in the southwest of the state. More than 1.8 ...
Ian was the ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, and was the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since Lorenzo in 2019. [ 6 ] Ian originated from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of West Africa and across the central tropical Atlantic towards the Windward Islands .
FORT MYERS BEACH — They thought second floors would be safe. But Hurricane Ian was more brutal than some residents of Fort Myers Beach ever imagined. Kevin Behen left his studio apartment and ...
Aerial footage released by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, September 30, shows the devastation in Fort Myers Beach after Hurricane Ian swept through the area.Officials continued to ...