Parts of Southwest Florida that were left unrecognizable in the wake of Hurricane Ian are still cleaning up the remnants of the widespread destruction one month after the monster storm made landfall.
So far, cleanup and recovery has been a slow and painstaking process, Holly Smith, mayor of Sanibel Island, told ABC News.
Vehicles drive over the temporarily repaired Sanibel Island causeway less than three weeks after Hurricane Ian destroyed it on October 20, 2022 in Arcadia, Florida.The amount of work done so far, especially the speed of the temporary repairs for the Sanibel Island causeway, are "nothing short of miraculous," Smith said. The open causeway now allowing for residents, business owners and cleanup crews with permits to access the island to survey the damage, Smith said.
The mayor has remained in her Sanibel Island home, sticking mainly to the couple of rooms powered by a small generator, she said. When she surveys the island, still in recovery and debris removal, she sees condominium complexes that have completely been washed away, mountains of debris and homes that were completely destroyed.It will take years, not months, to rebuild, Smith said. But the signs of life returning to the island are already evidence.
Workers clean up debris at a trailer park almost one month after Hurricane Ian landfall in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, October 25, 2022.Cleanup crews were seen using forklifts to transfer large pieces of drywall, building foundations and furniture into dumpsters.
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