![]() ![]() When she checked on a neighbor, she found the woman crying. Pamela Brislin arrived by boat to see what she could salvage.īrislin had stayed through the storm, but is haunted by what happened afterward. Residents of Florida’s devastated barrier islands are starting to return, assessing the damage to homes and businesses despite limited access to some areas. was the Great Galveston Hurricane in 1900 that killed as many as 8,000 people. The deadliest hurricane ever to hit the U.S. in the 21st century behind Hurricane Katrina, which left more than 1,800 people dead in 2005. Ian is the second-deadliest storm to hit the mainland U.S. Five people were also killed in North Carolina, three in Cuba and one in Virginia. According to reports from the Florida Medical Examiners Commission, 92 of those deaths were in Florida. ![]() ![]() The number of storm-related deaths rose to at least 101 on Thursday, eight days after the storm made landfall in southwest Florida. Pick it up and shake it - that’s what happened,” said Fred Szott.įor the past three days, he and his wife Joyce have been making trips to their damaged mobile home in Fort Myers, cleaning up after Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast.Īs for the emotional turbulence, he says: “You either hold on, or you lose it.” Huge shrimp boats sit perched amid the remains of a mobile home park. On the mainland, debris from washed-away homes is heaped in a canal like matchsticks. (AP) - Rotting fish and garbage lie scattered in Sanibel Island’s streets. ![]()
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