The scale of devastation in southwest Florida continues to unfold in the aftermath Hurricane Ianwith new images showing how the violent storm has devastated coastal communities, as an official said Fort Myers Beach, a town of about 5,500 residents on one of the barrier islands off Fort Myers, was 90 percent destroyed in the storm, according to the Daily Mail website. “.
Daily Mail report
I’ve made it to about two-thirds of the island, and I’d say 90 percent of the island is pretty much gone, Dan Allers, a Fort Myers Beach city councilman, told CNN. “Unless you have a high-rise apartment or a house.” New concrete built to the same standards as today, your home is pretty much finished.”
Fort Myers Beach before and after the storm hits
Walking through the wreckage of the destroyed anchorages on Friday morning, the mayor of Fort Myers, the largest city on the mainland, was amazed at the destructive power of the Category 4 storm. Mayor Kevin Anderson said: “Just look at the boats, these are some big boats. Throwing them like they were toys, they were thrown like they were nothing.”
Marina for boats
Anderson said about 200 residents were rescued from their homes after the storm broke out on Wednesday, and surprisingly, he said there were no confirmed deaths in Fort Myers itself, which was the epicenter of the devastation as the storm made landfall..
A few deaths in the storm have been confirmed, but 48 hours after the hurricane first struck Florida, the hundreds of deaths predicted by the mayor of Lee County, which includes Fort Myers, have yet to materialize.
beach before and after