Before and after images show destruction in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Ian:
At the time, nearly all of Lee County was without power, and hundreds of people were stranded due to high water, officials from Lee County Emergency Management announced during a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
The storm surge was so intense that homes up to 3 miles from the Gulf of Mexico were inundated. Neighborhoods previously lined with beach homes were reduced to rubble after waters from the Gulf of Mexico were pushed onto shore.In Fort Myers Beach, homes several blocks behind Estero Boulevard, the roadway that runs parallel to the coast, were destroyed by Ian, satellite images show.
In this undated image from Google Maps Street View, a house is shown in the historic district in Punta Gorda, Fla.A home in the Punta Gorda historic district is surrounded by damage near Charlotte Harbor in Punta Gorda, Fla., on Sept. 30, 2022.Flooding across Lee County continued into Thursday and Friday, with upward of 700 people rescued there alone. The causeway leading to Sanibel Island from Fort Myers, the only road in and out of the island, collapsed in the storm.
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