Hurricane Ian leaves flooding, destruction in its wake
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tony Rivera carries items recovered from his family's waterlogged car through receding flood waters still filling a street in the Harlem Heights neighborhood, three days after the passage of Hurricane Ian, in Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Receding flood waters still fill a street in Harlem Heights, three days after the passage of Hurricane Ian, in Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Water floods a damaged trailer park in Fort Myers, Fla., on Saturday, Oct. 1, after Hurricane Ian passed by the area.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An aerial view of a damaged trailer park after Hurricane Ian passed by the area Saturday, Oct. 1, in Fort Myers, Fla.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Furniture and personal items lie jumbled in the living room of Nita Ross, 79, as she returns to her mobile home for the first time since the passage of Hurricane Ian, at the Sunshine Mobile Home Park in Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 1. Ross' home stayed on its foundations, unlike those of some of her neighbors, but storm flooding almost to the height of the ceiling destroyed most of her possessions and household items.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dusty Hollar, 57, a cancer survivor who lives with chronic illness, climbs over toppled and displaced furniture as he assesses the damage in the mobile home he shares with his 79-year-old mother in Sunshine Mobile Home Park, three days after the passage of Hurricane Ian, in Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 1. The family's home stayed on its foundations, unlike those of some of their neighbors, but flooding almost to the height of their ceiling destroyed most of their possessions and household items.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Members of the U.S. Army National Guard hand out water, food, and ice to local residents in need three days after the passage of Hurricane Ian, at a drive-through distribution point in Fort Myers, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Maryann Loh walks down the dock after being rescued from Sanibel Island after Hurricane Ian passed by the area Saturday, Oct. 1, in Fort Myers, Fla.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Steve Gibson loads a dog into the back of his pickup truck after it was rescued along with it's owners from Sanibel Island Saturday, Oct. 1, in Fort Myers, Fla.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Steve Gibson, left background, helps Maria Zoltac into the back of his truck as her sister Susan, Zoltac, left, makes herself comfortable with her dogs after being rescued from Sanibel Island Saturday, Oct. 1, in Fort Myers, Fla.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The bridge leading from Fort Myers to Pine Island, Fla., is heavily damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, Saturday, Oct. 1. Due to the damage, the island can only be reached by boat or air.ASSOCIATED PRESS
The bridge leading from Fort Myers to Pine Island, Fla., is seen heavily damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on Pine Island, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Members of mediccorps.org, who arrived with two helicopters, paramedics and volunteers, help evacuate Paul Koch and some of his dogs, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on Pine Island, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dogs are strapped onto an external cargo platform of a helicopter as owner Paul Koch is evacuated by helicopter by members of mediccorps.org, who arrived with two helicopters, paramedics and volunteers, help evacuate residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on Pine Island, Fla., Saturday, Oct. 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Buddy Reed clears sea grass and debris from around the Pawleys Island House of Worship after Hurricane Ian, Saturday, Oct. 1, in Pawleys Island, S.C.ASSOCIATED PRESS
What remains of a pier stands at Pawleys Island, S.C., on Saturday, Oct. 1. Winds, rain and surf from Hurricane Ian pounded Pawleys on Friday, pushing tons of sand from beach dunes under homes and across the town's handful of roads and breaking apart the pier.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pylons from the storied Pawleys Island Pier lie on the shore on Saturday, Oct. 1, in Pawleys Island, S.C. Winds and surge from Hurricane Ian broke apart the pier on Friday, scattering its pieces along expanses of the nearby beach.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Docks on the the inlet between Pawleys Island and the mainland show damage following winds and rain from Hurricane Ian on Saturday, Oct. 1, in Pawleys Island, S.C.