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A look at the damage in Naples shows the extent of Hurricane Ian's wrath citywide.
[12] [13] Much of the damage was from flooding brought about by a storm surge of 10–15 ft (3.0–4.6 m). [14] The cities of Fort Myers, Cape Coral, and Naples were particularly hard hit, leaving millions without power in the storm's wake and numerous inhabitants forced to take refuge on their roofs.
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]
Ian killed 72 people in Lee County (the Fort Myers area) and nine in Charlotte County (the Punta Gorda area), and brought massive storm surge to Southwestern Florida, where over 1 million people lost electricity. Its outer bands caused damage near Miami, where tornadoes were reported.
Aerial footage captured on Thursday, September 29, shows the destructive impact of Hurricane Ian in Naples, in southwest Florida, after it battered parts of the state.The Naples police department ...
Streets in downtown Fort Myers saw storm surge spill into the city, a grim reminder of the ferocious impact of Hurricane Ian in 2022. Several feet of water rose as Milton washed ashore. Several ...
Flooding, storm surge, devastation ... Images from social show damage in Fort Myers area from Hurricane Ian, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm
Holly Harmon places a rose into a memorial for victims of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. More than 100 died during the hurricane, with the greatest number in Lee ...