Hurricane Ian made landfall near Fort Myers, Fla., as a high-end Category 4 storm, lashing the region with storm surges, heavy winds, and intense rainfall.
Newly released aerial imagery from NOAA now reveals the extent of the damage along portions of Florida’s coast around Fort Myers, Cape Coral and Punta Gorda.
Cape
Coral
Areas of
aerial survey
Fort Myers
Sanibel Island
Before Hurricane Ian
To Punta
Rassa
To Sanibel Island
1,000 FEET
Cape
Coral
Areas of aerial survey—
Fort Myers
Sanibel Island
Before Hurricane Ian
To Punta
Rassa
1,000 FEET
To Sanibel Island
Cape
Coral
Areas of aerial survey—
Fort Myers
Sanibel Island
Before Hurricane Ian
To Punta
Rassa
1,000 FEET
To Sanibel Island
A causeway connecting to the barrier island of Sanibel was wiped out by the storm, isolating residents. Rapid development in the area has placed more and more new construction in harms way, although the state’s construction codes were strengthened after Hurricane Andrew struck in 1992. While some areas – especially mobile home and RV parks – appear heavily battered, most buildings in the area remain intact, although with undetermined amounts of flood damage.
Explore the imagery below.
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Reuben Fischer-Baum and Tim Meko contributed to this report.
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