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Loaded 0%. Hurricane Ian caused “historic” damage after making landfall in Florida, leaving more than 2.5 million without power. In a briefing Thursday morning, Gov. Ron DeSantis said, “The ...
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 ...
Along the coast, the hurricane produced a storm tide of 2 ft (0.61 m) at Fort Myers Beach. [13] Winds reached 72 mph (116 km/h) in Captiva. [53] Abnormally high tides were observed as far north as Homosassa in Citrus County, which reported a storm surge of at least 1 ft (0.30 m) in height. [13]
A convoy of Paramedics and Fire Rescue vehicles arrive in Fort Myers Beach two days after Hurricane Ian hit Florida’s west coast as a Category 4 storm, on Friday September 30, 2022. Pedro Portal ...
Hurricane Ian was a deadly and extremely destructive tropical cyclone which was the third-costliest weather disaster on record worldwide, the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, and the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Michael in 2018. [4][5] Ian caused widespread damage ...
At Fort Myers, a negative storm surge of −4 ft (−1.2 m) was reported on September 10, followed by a positive surge around 7 ft (2.1 m) about seven hours later, causing about $20 million in damage to seawalls. Throughout the county, five buildings suffered major damage.
Ten days after Hurricane Ian tore through his small, tight-knit waterfront community of Fort Myers Beach with a storm surge estimated as high as 18 feet, Jerry Altrip boarded a bus and made his ...
October 25–27 – Hurricane Sandy produced 20 ft (6.1 m) high waves in Palm Beach County while the storm passed east of the state, causing flooding, beach erosion, and $14 million worth of damage. Winds from the storm reached 67 mph (108 km/h) in the state, strong enough to leave about 1,000 people without power.