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Hurricane Ian damaged thousands of homes and buildings and is calculated at $109 billion, making it the costliest storm in Florida history, the Miami Herald reported. The storm also claimed roads and bridges.
“In Fort Myers Beach alone, an estimated 900 structures were totally destroyed, and 2,200 were damaged. In Lee County, at least 52,514 structures were impacted, of which 5,369 were destroyed and 14,245 received major damage,” according to the National Hurricane Center’s report.
Ian, which was downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it reached Florida’s west coast, is the third-most costly storm on record, behind Hurricane Katrina ($190 billion, adjusted) and Hurricane Harvey ($151.3 billion adjusted), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.