Making landfall earlier this week on the west coast of Florida, Hurricane Ian’s near Category 5 intensity left behind terrible devastation, leveling homes, bringing life-threatening flooding and leaving millions without power.
The storm landed Wednesday afternoon on the island of Cayo Costa near Fort Myers and Cape Coral. It battered the west coast of Florida for hours, dumping rain and decimating homes in the process, before taking a turn toward Central Florida, passing through Orlando.
By Thursday morning, Ian had downgraded to a tropical storm, exiting Florida, and then picking up strength in the Atlantic as it traveled to the Carolinas as a hurricane.
