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Hurricane Ian devastates SW Florida: Sanibel Causeway will need to be rebuilt, governor says - FOX 13 Tampa

Hurricane Ian devastates SW Florida: Sanibel Causeway will need to be rebuilt, governor says - FOX 13 Tampa

Hurricane Ian devastates SW Florida: Sanibel Causeway will need to be rebuilt, governor says - FOX 13 Tampa
Sep 29, 2022 1 min, 15 secs

Hurricane Ian made landfall Wednesday afternoon near Fort Myers as a major hurricane just shy of a Category 5.

Residents had little time to evacuate their homes before feet of water rushed in due to storm surge.

- Hurricane Ian swamped southwest Florida, leaving behind a damaged power infrastructure in two counties, turning streets into rivers and damaging two bridges, including the Sanibel Causeway.

He said the Sanibel Causeway and Pine Island Bridge are both impassable.

Lee County includes Fort Myers, Sanibel Island, and Captiva Island.

MORE: Florida man, 72, dies after going outside during Hurricane Ian to drain pool, deputies say.

The major hurricane pushed a wall of storm surge accumulated during its slow march over the Gulf, flooding Fort Myers roadways even before making landfall in Coya Costa.

FORT MYERS FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 29: Stedi Scuderi looks over her apartment after flood water inundated it when Hurricane Ian passed through the area on September 29, 2022 in Fort Myers, Florida.

The hurricane brought high winds, storm surge and rain t.

For WINK-TV, the wall of storm surge that Ian brought entered the newsroom set in Fort Myers.

Wednesday, he said the worst surge was behind them and water levels were slowly lowering.

Brittany Hailer, a journalist in Pittsburgh, contacted rescuers about her mother in North Fort Myers, whose home was swamped by 5 feet (1.5 meters) of water

FORT MYERS FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 29: Brenda Brennan sits next to a boat that pushed against her apartment when Hurricane Ian passed through the area on September 29, 2022 in Fort Myers, Florida

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