Hurricane Ian: Impressive damage in Florida

An entire neighborhood under water, like a Florida (United States) devastated. Hurricane Ian has hit this American state, on Wednesday, September 28 and the night that followed. From the air, the damage is impressive. On the island of Sanibel (Florida), a house did not resist, it is now lying on its side. Absolutely everything was swept away. No structure seems to have been spared.

To punta Gorda (Florida)the inhabitants describe a nightmarish night. “It was incessant, it was constantly blowing above our heads, we could hear the metal banging against the building”, testifies a resident. Waves several meters high swept the coast. A motorist found herself trapped in more than a meter of water. A firefighter had to break her window to be able to rescue her, in extremis. The gusts reached 240 km / h. 2.6 million households are still without electricity.