Crews are restoring power and clearing roads in the wake of Hurricane Ian, which made landfall in southwest Florida on Sept. 28, causing extensive damage in Fort Myers as well as to the Sanibel Causeway, leaving it impassable. The Category 4 storm washed out roads, caused extensive floods and power outages and damaged buildings.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) called the storm a 500-year flooding event, saying in a statement that search and rescue efforts began at 1 a.m. Sept. 29. More than 42,000 line repair workers were on the ground working to restore power to the more than 2 million people still without electricity the day after the storm.