HURRICANE IAN

Here are Wednesday's news and updates about Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach and Cape Coral in Florida.

Cleanup continues four months after the Category 4 storm devastated Florida's Gulf Coast.

Staci Stevens' boat business in St. James City, Florida, went from recreational to recovery after Hurricane Ian crashed onshore in late September. Now, the only fishing being done is by cranes fishing badly-damaged boats out of her marina, which has become a boat emergency room. Florida's Fish & Wildlife Commission says there are more than 700 derelict boats along the Gulf Coast, but only two-thirds have been removed. Correspondent Omar Villafranca reports.

72-year-old James "Denny" Hurst is believed to be the last missing person in Lee County, Florida, authorities said.

The boater was the last resident missing in Lee since Ian’s landfall on Sept. 27 — bringing the county’s death toll to 75.

Officials on Tuesday reported 145 confirmed deaths in the state from the storm. The discovery of Knes' remains would add to that total.

More than 1.3% of the adult population in the U.S. was displaced by natural disasters in the past year, with hurricanes responsible for more than half of the forced relocations.

Fox News Digital looks back at the biggest and wildest weather events this year, including Hurricane Ian rescues and the closure of Yellowstone National Park due to flooding.

Three months after Ian struck, thousands of Floridians whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the Category 4 hurricane are still living in trailers and Airbnbs.

With more than 35,000 homes damaged or destroyed in Lee County, Fla., residents are concerned about housing affordability – and changes to their communities – as developers become involved.

Due to Hurricane Ian's damage, the Tampa Bay Rays will be splitting their spring training time between Tropicana Field and Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

A Michigan Army veteran with a passion for bikes was killed in a car accident in Punta Gorda, Florida, while delivering free bicycles to kids impacted by Hurricane Ian.

U.S. officials say Florida's seasonal orange production is forecast to be down 36% from earlier estimates, in part a reflection of twin hurricanes that battered growing regions.

Many — but not all – weather disasters are being turbocharged by human-caused climate change and are happening more frequently.

This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and deadly heat waves all over.

The Florida Legislature will meet next week for a special session on property insurance and property tax relief in the wake of damage caused by Hurricane Ian.

Ian caused between $50 and 65 billion in insured damages after it made landfall in western Florida in late September with extreme winds and torrential rain.

The 2022 hurricane season got off to a slow start, until Hurricane Ian pummeled Florida as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S.

An Atlantic hurricane season with 14 named storms has ended, leaving residents in the Florida Keys to celebrate even as others around Florida and Puerto Rico continue to deal with the damage caused by Hurricanes Ian, Nicole and Fiona.

Florida scientist are saying that a red tide bloom that has lived on the coast for weeks shows toxic levels. Hurricane Ian's water and storm surges have helped fuel the bloom.

One tow truck driver worked nearly endlessly after Hurricane Ian slashed across most of Florida, stranding vehicles throughout the state.

Scientists and forecasters are trying to figure out how to talk about the connection between climate change and severe weather. It could have big impacts on how people think about global warming.

Hurricane Ian didn’t do Florida’s citrus industry any favors, though it could benefit some citrus growers in the Rio Grande Valley, according to a Texas A&M citrus expert.

Florida is a magnet for retirees — not just for those who can afford exclusive gated communities, but also for those on fixed incomes. Now, many face a wrenching reality: rebuilding is not an option.

The $4 billion, monthlong mission has been grounded since August by fuel leaks and Hurricane Ian.

The nearly monthlong $4 billion mission has been grounded since August by fuel leaks and Hurricane Ian, which forced the rocket back into its hangar for shelter at the end of September.

While parts of Southwest Florida were decimated by Hurricane Ian, a community less than 50 miles from the coast looks like there was no storm at all.

Flooding repairs from Hurricane Ian are on hold as the St. Johns River returns to major flood stage in Central Florida following Nicole.

Like the rest of the Caribbean, Cuba is suffering from longer droughts, warmer waters, more intense storms, and higher sea levels because of climate change

Tropical Storm Nicole is now a depression dumping heavy rain in places from Georgia to southern Canada.

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The storm, which caused at least two deaths, was the first November hurricane to make landfall in Florida in 37 years.

Storm surge from Tropical Storm Nicole ripped the patio down into the beach.

The storm dropped upwards of a half-foot of rain over inland areas that experienced devastating floods a month ago.

Nicole will keep moving over Georgia and the Carolinas Thursday and Friday, dumping heavy rain across the region.

Tropical Storm Nicole has weakened to a tropical depression as it crosses the Florida Panhandle on its way north into Georgia.

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The storm strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday after pounding the Bahamas, as U.S. officials ordered evacuations that included former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club.

New warnings and watches were issued for many parts of Florida, including the southwestern Gulf coastline that was devastated by Hurricane Ian​ in late September.

A Florida-bound storm has strengthened into Hurricane Nicole after pounding the Bahamas and state officials ordered evacuations that included former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.

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NASA is again postponing the launch of its new moon rocket because of a storm threatening the Florida coast

The storm is expected to strengthen into a hurricane. It's headed for parts of the Bahamas and Florida that are still feeling the effects of previous hurricanes.

The congressionally mandated report comes as leaders across the world meet this week at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Egypt.

Acting deputy director for the National Hurricane Center, Michael Brennan, urges people in Florida to prepare as soon as possible for Nicole. The state is still recovering from Hurricane Ian.

Tropical Storm Nicole is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane as it churns toward the northwestern Bahamas and Florida’s Atlantic coastline.

Federal officials say U.S. aid to Florida for recovery from Hurricane Ian has topped the $2 billion mark.

Subtropical Storm Nicole is now expected to become a hurricane over the Bahamas before hitting Florida’s east coast on Wednesday, just well enough after polls close to avoid disrupting voting on Election Day, forecasters said. A hurricane warning is in effect for northwestern Bahamas, including the Abacos, Berry Islands, Bimini and Grand Bahama Island, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.

Hurricane Ian tossed treasured belongings into piles of debris. Love letters. Photographs. A boat. Slowly they are being found and returned to the rightful owners.

As the negative consequences of rising global temperatures become more apparent in communities across the United States, anxiety over finding a place to live safe from the ravages of climate change has also been on the rise.

Eighteen former Latin American and Caribbean leaders have signed a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden asking the United States to remove its six-decade embargo on Cuba in the wake of devastation inflicted on the island by Hurricane Ian

Eighteen former Latin American and Caribbean leaders have signed a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden asking the United States to remove its six-decade embargo on Cuba in the wake of devastation inflicted on the island by Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well.

Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well. It destroyed man-made reefs and brought along red tide, the harmful algae blooms that kill fish and birds, according to marine researchers who returned last week from a six-day cruise organized by the Florida Institute of Oceanography. Researchers who used the cruise to study marine life in the Gulf of Mexico following the hurricane say it left in its wake red tide and destroyed artificial reefs from as far away as 30 miles (48 kilometers) from the coast of southwest Florida.

Images from the aftermath of Hurricane Ian sent shockwaves across the world. Cities, bridges and entire islands were completely leveled when Ian made landfall as a fierce Category 4 hurricane in southwestern Florida in late September. Now, just over a month after Ian's landfall, residents are still trying to pick up the pieces, and collection trucks continue to remove piles upon piles of heavy debris. However, the tons of debris that litter the roads and fill people's homes doesn't just disappea

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Hurricane Ian cause billions of dollars in damage. Are recent hurricanes getting stronger?

Hurricane Ian cleanup continues on Fort Myers Beach after the Category 4 hurricane slammed Southwest Florida on Sept. 28, 2022.

A Tampa Bay man got a crash course on Florida's property insurance crisis when Hurricane Ian hit last month.

Floridians have taken up residence in parking lots, where a sense of community is helping keep spirits up as many look for housing.

Even though Hurricane Ian has passed, the storm is still causing a stir in its cleanup efforts. Crews are fighting over multi-million dollar cleanup contracts.

It has been a month since Hurricane Ian ravaged southwest Florida.

It has been a month since Hurricane Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida. Now multimillion-dollar cleanup contracts are generating new tempests in the Category 4 storm's wake. Contractors who remove debris and perform post-storm repairs are fighting over local government contracts that could be worth tens of millions in tax dollars.

Southwest saw record operating revenue in its third quarter, bolstered by strong summer travel demand prompted by consumers eager to get away following an easing of covid-related restrictions.

A Fort Myers mobile home neighborhood was completely destroyed by Hurricane Ian, taking retirement plans and funds with it.

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Hurricane Ian caused as much as $1.8 billion in damages to Florida agriculture last month.

Florida has seen an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year driven largely by a surge in the county hit hardest by Hurricane Ian.

A new report finds preliminary agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian’s high winds and drenching rains could reach $1.56 billion, with citrus, cattle, vegetable and melon operations hit the hardest.

The thousands of oranges scattered on the ground by Hurricane Ian’s fierce winds are only the start of the disaster for citrus growers.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order expanding voting access for the midterm elections in three counties where Hurricane Ian destroyed polling places and displaced thousands of people.

The seafood industry in southwest Florida is racing against time and the elements to save what’s left of both a major shrimping fleet and a lifestyle battered by Hurricane Ian.

Southwest Florida is looking ahead toward the long slog of recovering from a rare direct hit by a major hurricane.

Survivors of Hurricane Ian face a long emotional road to recover from one of the most damaging storms to hit the U.S. mainland.

A few miles meant the difference between life and death on the Florida coast when Hurricane Ian struck.

Residents are being allowed to return to a coastal Florida island that was decimated by Hurricane Ian.

Older people with limited mobility and those with chronic health conditions requiring the use of electrically powered medical devices were especially vulnerable when Hurricane Ian slammed into Southwest Florida.

Ashley Garner had given up on ever seeing her wedding ring again.

William Wellema drove all the way from New Jersey to Florida's Gulf Coast to see if his vacation home on Fort Myers Beach survived Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian confounded one key computer forecast model, creating challenges for forecasters and Florida residents.

The video was a time-lapse of a storm surge that slowly started to fill the streets with water.

Christine Barrett and her family had to climb on top of their kitchen cabinets because of flooding that surged into their house during Hurricane Ian.

Cuban soldiers fix roofs and raise power poles under a blazing sun.

Hurricane Ian’s death toll has climbed into the triple digits.

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The full breadth of Hurricane Ian's destruction is still coming into focus a week after it hit southwest Florida.

An iconic landmark since 1884, the Sanibel Island lighthouse is still standing even after Ian’s wrath — sort of.

The devastation from Hurricane Ian has left schools shuttered indefinitely in parts of Florida, leaving storm-weary families anxious for word on when and how children can get back to classrooms.

President Joe Biden has surveyed the devastation of hurricane-ravaged Florida, promising to marshal the power of the federal government to help rebuild.

As Hurricane Ian flooded Naples, Florida, one man went to rescue his 86-year-old mom from her home after she had refused to evacuate.

In the darkness and despair wrought by Hurricane Ian, there were flickers of light and hope.

Hurricane Ian may be long gone from Florida, but the job of restoring power and searching for anyone still inside flooded or damaged homes presses on.

As federal emergency management officials launched their largest ever search and rescue effort, the number of fatalities in Hurricane Ian’s wake climbed to 87 Sunday.

Days after Hurricane Ian carved a path of destruction from Florida to the Carolinas, the dangers persisted, and even worsened in some places.

The Gladiolus Food Pantry usually hands out supplies on Wednesdays to about 240 families.

U.S. officials are vowing to unleash a massive amount of federal aid in response to Hurricane Ian as the death toll rises amid recovery efforts.

Emergency responders are seeking to evacuate residents from the largest barrier island off Florida's Gulf Coast, and survivors there spoke of the terror of riding out Hurricane Ian in flooded homes and howling winds.

Hurricane Ian almost derailed plans for one couple to wed in South Carolina on Saturday.

Experts say that Hurricane Ian is shining a spotlight once again on the vulnerability of the nation’s barrier islands and the increasing cost of people living on them.