by Emma James, Alex Hammer and Walter Finch at Daily Mail
- Horrifying footage showed wave after wave smash the small city of Fort Myers, swallowing buildings and cars
- It sees the ‘unsurvivable’ torrent of water engulf palm trees in the tropical resort and rip some from their roots
- The tempest was forced forwards by 155mph winds – only the fifth storm in history to smack land at that speed
- Meanwhile Naples and Sanibel Island were also rocked by the ‘historic’ hurricane, with houses overwhelmed
- Across the state 1,103,460 homes saw blackouts and Ron DeSantis said he expected it to be millions
Hurricane Ian unleashed devastation on southwest Florida after a 6ft storm surge plowed through Fort Myers destroying houses as water rengulfed two-story properties.
Horrifying footage showed wave after wave pummel the small city, where an extreme wind warning is currently in effect, swallowing buildings and cars as the monster tempest finally made landfall on Wednesday.
It sees the ‘unsurvivable’ torrent of water engulf palm trees in the tropical resort and rip some from their roots as it was forced forwards by 155mph winds – only the fifth storm in history to hit land at that speed.
More than 1.3 million citizens are without power, as Governor Ron DeSantis warned citizens in an evening address that the worse may have yet to come.
‘This storm is doing a number on the state of Florida,’ the governor said, adding that citizens to expect the storm to move through the state today and ‘much of tomorrow.’
Fort Myers was one of the first cities to be battered by Ian, with apocalyptic images from after the initial surge showing homes decimated by its wrath as roads turned into rivers with the tsunami of floodwater.
Meanwhile Naples and Sanibel Island were also rocked by the ‘historic’ hurricane, with houses overwhelmed by water, debris flung through windows and some even ripped from their hinges by historic flooding.
Locals are reporting that hundreds of people in Naples are stranded on their rooftops, with the population of the town being made up mostly of elderly residents.
A mandatory curfew is now in effect for the city beginning at 10 pm Wednesday night,…
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