Stedi Scuderi looks on at her apartment in Fort Myers, Florida on Sept. 29, 2022, after floodwaters inundated it when Hurricane Ian passed through the area a day earlier.
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Stedi Scuderi looks on at her apartment in Fort Myers, Florida on Sept. 29, 2022, after floodwaters inundated it when Hurricane Ian passed through the area a day earlier.
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Floridians find themselves in a changed landscape after Hurricane Ian swept through the region on Wednesday. Aftermath footage shows a glimpse of the destruction wrought by the powerful Category 4 storm: homes swept away, boats torn from their moorings and neighborhoods decimated. Rescue and recovery efforts began after some of the most dangerous conditions cleared, but the extent of Ian’s destruction is still unclear.
Here are some photos of what Hurricane Ian left behind:
Damaged homes and debris are shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian September 29, 2022 in Fort Myers, Florida.
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Damaged homes and debris are shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian September 29, 2022 in Fort Myers, Florida.
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A resident walks home from a flooded street in Fort Myers, Florida on September 29, 2022, the day after Hurricane Ian passed through the area.
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A resident walks home from a flooded street in Fort Myers, Florida on September 29, 2022, the day after Hurricane Ian passed through the area.
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Boats are left stranded on shore in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida on September 29, 2022.
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People hug as they investigate property damage on September 29, 2022 in Bonita Springs, Florida.
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People hug as they investigate property damage on September 29, 2022 in Bonita Springs, Florida.
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A truck pulls a man in a kayak down a low road after flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, in Key West, Fla., Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2022.
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Frankie Romulus (left) and Kendrick Romulus stand September 29, 2022, outside their apartment in Fort Myers, Florida, next to a boat that floated into their resort when Hurricane Ian passed through the area.
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Motorists cross the John Ringling Causeway in Sarasota, Florida as Hurricane Ian tracks south on September 28, 2022.
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A person rides a bicycle in St. Petersburg, Florida before Hurricane Ian hit the area on September 28, 2022.
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A person rides a bicycle in St. Petersburg, Florida before Hurricane Ian hit the area on September 28, 2022.
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Allan Juhl gets help tying up his canoe as his partner Katie Falcon and their neighbors Ashley Palacios and brother Andres Garcia watch Sept. 27, 2022, in the Palmetto Beach neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, before the hurricane Ian does hit the area.
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Allan Juhl gets help tying up his canoe as his partner Katie Falcon and their neighbors Ashley Palacios and brother Andres Garcia watch Sept. 27, 2022, in the Palmetto Beach neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, before the hurricane Ian does hit the area.
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A doomed business is seen September 27, 2022 in Gulf Port, Florida before Hurricane Ian hit the area.
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A doomed business is seen September 27, 2022 in Gulf Port, Florida before Hurricane Ian hit the area.
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Two people work boarding a home in South Tampa, Florida on September 27, 2022, before Hurricane Ian hit the area.
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Two people work boarding a home in South Tampa, Florida on September 27, 2022, before Hurricane Ian hit the area.
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