As Fort Myers takes stock of Ian's damage, residents look for reasons to be hopeful
This was a city Thursday where yachts were parked on the street and hundreds of cars were underwater, thanks to Hurricane Ian and its deadly and destructive
FORT MYERS, Fla. — This was a city Thursday where yachts were parked on the street and hundreds of cars were underwater, thanks to Hurricane Ian and its deadly and destructive force.
The roads that weren't flooded were lined with disemboweled homes, some stripped of their roofs, and littered with once-proud palm trees torn up by the roots that, in many cases, were snapped like matchsticks.
Many downtown stores were boarded up, while others were reduced to splinters. And at the few gas stations that had reopened, long lines of motorists waited to fill up.
Damaged and missing homes in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Thursday after Hurricane Ian.Wilfredo Lee / AP"Our boat is done," said Addie Maynard, 23, who until Ian intruded Wednesday had been living on a 34-foot yacht with her boyfriend at the Old Bridge Marina in North Fort Myers. "Our marina got wiped out."
Now, they're staying in a damaged high-rise condominium building near the Caloosahatchee River.
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