Fort Myers Beach after Hurricane Ian (video screenshot)
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(ZEROHEDGE) – One resident told Tampa Bay Times, "it looks like somebody took an atom bomb and dropped it," referring to the widespread damage across Southwest Florida following the devastating hurricane that made landfall about 24 hours ago near Fort Myers as a Cat. 4 storm. The footage is absolutely shocking. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters Hurricane Tropical Storm Ian had produced a "500-year flood event" across Florida.
Hurricane Ian was downgraded to a tropical storm early Thursday morning as it traversed northeastward across central Florida, dumping torrential rain while still packing strong winds across a large swath of the state.
The former Category 4 hurricane made landfall Wednesday afternoon west of Fort Myers near Cayo Costa. Ian unleashed widespread life-threatening storm surge flooding across the region. About 2.6 million homes and businesses are without power, according to PowerOutage.us. The most significant number of outages are based in the southwest Florida region, where the hurricane made landfall.
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