Hurricane Ian’s torrential storm surge and rain left behind a trail of destruction.
Drone captures aerial view of Ft. Myers Beach destruction from Hurricane IanFORT MYERS, Fla. – Stuck in his home in a flooded neighborhood, Charlie Saah felt dizzy Friday morning and called 911.Dialysis centers were closed. Saah’s generator no longer worked. The streets of his South Fort Myers, Florida neighborhood were inundated with water, doorsteps flush to the waterline. Hurricane Ian brought 16 inches of water into Saah’s garage.
San Carlos Isle Maritime Park, a neighborhood of trailer homes and apartments tucked on the coast by a shrimp market and marinas, housed working-class residents – handymen, restaurant and fisheries workers. Many rode out the storm in their homes. “This isn't fair. This is bad. It's really bad. Come on, I mean – it’s been almost three days. Nobody has come checked on these people,” he said. “These people ate yesterday because we cooked. These people drank water yesterday because we brought water.”
“I hope he is fine,” said Hernandez, who sheltered with more than a dozen others on the second floor of his now-muddied apartment building. In another mobile home neighborhood about a mile north, there were few generators and loud shrieks of mangled metal could be heard as residents pulled debris through yards.
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