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Biden headed to Florida to assess Hurricane Ian destruction and recovery efforts

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — President Joe Biden is on his way to Fort Myers to survey damage inflicted on southwest Florida by Hurricane Ian, get a briefing on the response and recovery efforts, and meet with people impacted by the storm.

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He survived Ian in a tree as his mobile home flooded. Are trailer parks too risky?

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — Shawn Hunte figured he would weather Hurricane Ian the same way he weathered countless storms as a shrimper on the flooded, tilted decks of bucking boats in high seas.

Miami Herald

‘It’s Like A War Zone.’ Crisis Deepens In Aftermath Of Hurricane Ian

People in Florida are still trying to grapple with the destruction the monstrous storm has caused.

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Grueling Ian search takes toll on Miami fire crews. ‘Forget about our jobs, we’re human’

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — It’s grueling work being a member of Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2, made up mostly of city of Miami firefighters.

Miami Herald

Editorial: Florida faces big questions after Hurricane Ian

The stories coming out of the most hurricane-devastated areas of Florida’s Southwest coast are heart-rending: Residents leaving on foot from Fort Myers Beach, rolling small suitcases of whatever they could salvage. Pleas for food, water, propane and toilet paper posted on social media. Pine Island, Naples, Matlacha — all hit…

Miami Herald

Fort Myers beach ‘no longer exists’ as popular tourist getaway destroyed by Hurricane Ian

US Senator Marco Rubio said that there is no comparison to the scale of the damage in Florida

The Independent UK

‘It’s a total loss.’ Iona residents left with little after Hurricane Ian

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The small unincorporated Lee County community of Iona lies a few miles east of Fort Myers Beach, still closed off to the public while rescue crews search through what is reported to be complete devastation in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

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‘We are tired, dirty and hungry’: Hurricane Ian survivors leave Fort Myers Beach on foot

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — Feeling increasingly isolated in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, Fort Myers Beach residents and renters continued to exit their devastated island by foot Sunday, four days after a 10-foot storm surge driven by 150 mph winds inundated Southwest Florida’s coastal communities.

Miami Herald

Editorial: Receiving Florida unemployment benefits better be easier for Ian’s victims than it was for COVID’s

Those left jobless by Hurricane Ian, mainly the thousands of people who worked in the tourism industry in Sanibel, Fort Myers and Naples and Pine Island, are about to learn whether the state’s improved unemployment website will handle the load more effectively than it did during the COVID-19 pandemic. It…

Miami Herald

In one Fort Myers neighborhood, Black residents feel forsaken in Ian's aftermath

In historically African American Dunbar, some think that they are being ignored by authorities who are more concerned about helping affluent seaside communities.

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After Ian demolished their home, a Florida couple wonders where to go

Fort Myers Beach was one of the places hit hardest by Hurricane Ian. Jim and Susan Helton are two of the many whose homes were destroyed. Now they don't know what's next.

WEKU

Hurricane Ian: Americans urged to weigh risks of rebuilding in vulnerable areas

Fema administrator says US residents should ‘make informed decisions’ about rebuilding in areas hit by natural disasters

The Guardian - US

Flooding and closed roads are some of the challenges Florida's people face after Ian

Flooding cut off I-75 for hours as officials struggle to restore power and water to residents in the path of the storm's destruction.

WEKU

‘What we love most, we were hurt by most’: As search and rescue under way in Fort Myers Beach, a long and uncertain road lay ahead

All that’s left of Ana Kapel’s home not far from the once lively Times Square of Fort Myers Beach are her porch steps.

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A toll of destruction: Measuring the brutal aftermath of Hurricane Ian

Making landfall earlier this week on the west coast of Florida, Hurricane Ian’s near Category 5 intensity left behind terrible devastation, leveling homes, bringing life-threatening flooding and leaving millions without power.

Miami Herald

Searching for survivors at Ian’s ground zero, Fort Myers Beach. It doesn’t always end well

Pasco, a young black Labrador retriever on his first search and rescue mission, quickly picked up the scent on Anchorage Street. He led a Miami firefighter to the top of a rubble pile and jumped down the other side.

Reuters

After Hurricane Ian's deadly wrath, Florida, Carolinas begin recovery

Florida and the Carolinas, staggered by one of the fiercest storms in U.S. history, faced a massive recovery on Saturday as remnants of Hurricane Ian threatened further flooding along the Eastern Seaboard while leaving tens of billions of dollars in damage in its wake.

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‘Absolute devastation’: Hurricane Ian decimates Fort Myers Beach

FORT MYERS BEACH — They thought second floors would be safe.

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Florida begins to assess devastation wrought by Hurricane Ian

FORT MYERS, Fla. — On the vacation island resorts of Sanibel and Captiva, rescuers flew in on helicopters because the roads from the mainland of Southwest Florida had collapsed into San Carlos Bay. To the south, Fort Myers Beach, once a lively town center of fish restaurants and bars, was…

Daily Mirror

US hero jumps into sea surge as Hurricane Ian rages before rescuing trapped neighbour

Gage Long has told how his apartment block in Fort Myers, Florida, was battered by Hurricane Ian and that he jumped into the sea surge to rescue a trapped neighbour from her home as the water rose

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‘Absolute devastation’: Hurricane Ian decimates Fort Myers Beach

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — They thought second floors would be safe.

France 24

Thousands trapped in flooded homes in Florida as Ian regains hurricane strength

Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through inundated streets Thursday to save thousands of Floridians trapped amid flooded homes and shattered buildings left by Hurricane Ian, which crossed into the Atlantic Ocean and churned toward another landfall in South Carolina.

Miami Herald

Ian’s path of ruin: Sanibel bridge severed, Gulf Coast cities flooded, at least 12 dead

Salon

FL sheriff declined to evacuate inmates

Sheriff Carmine Marceno refused to evacuate 457-bed Fort Myers jail even though it was in mandatory evacuation zone

WEKU

Photos: This is what Florida looks like after Hurricane Ian

Images of the aftermath show a glimpse of the destruction caused by the powerful Category 4 hurricane: homes washed out, boats yanked from their moorings, and decimated neighborhoods.

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