Backyard waterways overflowed into neighborhoods, sometimes by more than a dozen feet (3.5 meters), tossing boats onto yards and roadways.
The deluge turned streets into gushing rivers. Ian, a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour (240 kilometers per hour), unleashed torrents of rain and caused extensive flooding and damage. was the Great Galveston Hurricane in 1900 that killed as many as 8,000 people. The deadliest hurricane to ever hit the U.S. Ian is the third-deadliest storm to hit the mainland United States in the 21st century, behind Hurricane Katrina, which left about 1,400 people dead, and Hurricane Sandy, which had a total death count of 233 despite weakening to a tropical storm just before making U.S. Five people were also killed in North Carolina, three in Cuba and one in Virginia.
At least half of the confirmed victims in the state were 65 years and older and more than two-thirds were 50 and older. Most were in the worst-hit Lee County that includes the greater Fort Myers area and nearby Gulf Coast islands. The Florida Medical Examiners Commission has reported 94 storm-related deaths in Florida so far. They have not set a date for when residents can return. First responders need space and time to do their job and “any extra vehicle and pedestrian traffic hampers and prolongs their efforts,” the statement said. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menuįort Myers Beach Mayor Ray Murphy has said no one will be allowed back until emergency services crews finish “searching for people who are hurt or might need help amongst the rubble, and people who have passed” in the town of just over 7,000.
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