1 year after Hurricane Ian: Residents, businesses still recovering from devastating storm
Thursday marks one year since Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida as a category 5 hurricane, and to this day, residents and businesses hit the hardest are still recovering from the deadliest storm to hit the state since 1935.
By boat and jet ski, volunteers assist in Ian rescue efforts
As authorities in Florida try to reach people who have been trapped by floodwaters or isolated on barrier islands since Hurricane Ian came ashore last week, concerned members of the public have been springing into action to aid the official rescue efforts.
Gov. DeSantis surveys Ian damage; 2.6M reported power outages as of Thursday evening
After traveling Thursday to Southwest Florida to get a glimpse of the damage caused by Hurricane Ian, Gov. Ron DeSantis described the impact on Lee Countyโs Sanibel Island as โdestruction,โ with people who didnโt evacuate being rescued by air and part of a causeway to the mainland knocked out.