Oct 1, 2022
Fort Myers Beach became the epicenter of destruction as Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida on Wednesday as a powerful Category 4 storm.
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Photos taken from a helicopter flight showed the magnitude of the damage; before the storm (top) the town was a quaint place and has seen unfathomable destruction (below)
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Fort Myers Beach is practically deserted now, traversed solely by emergency services vehicles.
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The part of town hit hardest by Ian, the area closest to the sea on Estero Island, has been reduced to a field of ruins.
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The force of the hurricane in the neighbourhood has left dozens of boats grounded in the streets , some still moored to pieces of a pier
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Emergency services helped vacate the town, giving the people a two hour window to collect their belongings.
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The only people on the street are the handful who returned to their homes take stock of what they lost.
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The storm also dragged cars out into a nearby bay where they remained floating.
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