Fort Myers Beach One Year After Hurricane 4K Travel Guide

00:01 - 👍Like, Subscribe 🔔and Share. Thank You! 🇺🇸 00:05 - Fort Myers 00:26 - Parking Price 02:00 - Hurricane Damage 02:53 - Pizza & Grill 03:43 - Beach Instagram: @ Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers beach) is a city in and the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 86,395, growing from 62,298 in the 2010 census. Together with the larger and more residential Cape Coral, it anchors a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) which comprises Lee County and has a population of 770,577 in 2019. Fort Myers is a gateway to the Southwest Florida region and a major tourist destination within Florida. The winter estates of Thomas Edison (“Seminole Lodge“) and Henry Ford (“The Mangoes“) are major city takes it name from a local former fort that was built during the Seminole Wars. The fort in turn took its name from Colonel Abraham Myers in 1850; Myers served in the United States Army, mostly the Quartermaster Department, in various posts from 1833-1861 and was the quartermaster general of the Confederate States Army from 1861–1864. About Hurricane: Hurricane Ian was a large, deadly and destructive Category 4 Atlantic hurricane that caused widespread damage across western Cuba and the southeast United States, especially the states of Florida and South Carolina. It was the ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season. Ian originated from a tropical wave that was located by the National Hurricane Center east of the Windward Islands on September 19, 2022. Two days later, the wave moved into the Caribbean Sea, bringing winds and heavy rain to the ABC islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the northern coasts of Venezuela and Colombia on September 21 and 22. It showed signs of developing into a tropical depression later that day, as convection increased and the system became more compact. After strengthening into Tropical Storm Ian, it became a hurricane as it neared the Cayman Islands, before rapidly intensifying to a high-end Category 3 hurricane as it made landfall in western Cuba. Significant storm surge and heavy rainfall affected Cuba and the entire province of Pinar del Río lost power. It slightly weakened during its time over land, but re-strengthened once it moved into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and over the Dry Tortugas, becoming a high-end Category 4 hurricane early on September 28, 2022, as it progressed towards the west coast of Florida. Ian remained at Category 4 strength as it made landfall in southwest Florida on Cayo Costa Island, tying as the 5th-strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the contiguous United States. After making a second landfall in Southwest Florida, Ian rapidly weakened to a tropical storm before moving back out into Atlantic, where the storm reintensified back to a hurricane and made landfall in South Carolina. Ian caused catastrophic damage in parts of Southwest Florida, mostly from flooding due to extreme storm surge and rainfall. In particular, the cities of Fort Myers Beach and Naples were impacted strongly. Millions were left without power in the storm’s wake, and several inhabitants were forced to take refuge on their roofs. Sanibel suffered major flooding as well and its causeway collapsed. In total, Hurricane Ian has caused at least 80 fatalities including 3 people in Cuba, 73 in Florida, and 4 in North Carolina as of October 1, according to local officials. Additionally in the Florida Keys, a boat carrying 27 Cuban migrants capsized off Stock Island as Ian approached. Nine people survived, two drowned and 16 others were still missing as of September 30. #fortmyersbeach #fortmyersflorida #florida Do not copy, reproduce, or distribute any of the content.