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Hurricane Ian tore through parts of Florida, yielding historic levels of damage.By by Kenneth BachorBuzzFeed News Photo Editor and by Clarissa-Jan LimBuzzFeed News ReporterPosted on September 29, 2022, 5:38 pmTwitterFacebookLink Giorgio Viera / AFP via Getty Images A man inspects damage to a marina as boats are partially submerged in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida, on Sept. 29, 2022. Florida officials are only beginning to calculate the scope of Hurricane Ian’s destruction on the state, but scenes of devastation are already emerging. Millions of residents under evacuation orders had traveled to safer areas in anticipation of Ian, but many stayed to weather the storm. The full extent of the damage is still unclear, but officials have warned that it will be catastrophic. “People should understand this storm is having broad impacts across the state,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference on Thursday, “and some of the flooding in the areas hundreds of miles from where this made landfall are going to set records.” Ben Hendren / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A woman gets help climbing from a muddy area in Tampa, Florida, on Sept. 28, 2022. Joe Raedle / Getty Images In this aerial view, vehicles make their way through a flooded road in Fort Myers after Hurricane Ian passed through, Sept. 29, 2022. Joe Raedle / Getty Images Stedi Scuderi looks over her apartment after Hurricane Ian hit Fort Myers on Sept. 29, 2022. Marco Bello / Reuters A street is flooded as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Fort Myers on Sept. 28, 2022. Wilfredo Lee / AP A section of the damaged Sanibel Causeway is seen near Sanibel Island, Florida, on Sept. 29, 2022. Ricardo Arduengo / AFP via Getty Images A sailboat lies partially submerged in the waters off Punta Gorda, Florida, on Sept. 29, 2022. Joe Raedle / Getty Images Brenda Brennan sits next to a boat that was pushed against her apartment by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers on Sept. 29, 2022. Ricardo Arduengo / AFP via Getty Images A man walks through debris on a street in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Punta Gorda on Sept. 29, 2022. Shannon Stapleton / Reuters A man runs by a boarded-up storefront ahead of Hurricane Ian hitting Tampa on Sept. 27, 2022. Cover Images via AP The aftermath of a reported tornado hitting North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Florida, on Sept. 28, 2022 Marco Bello / Reuters A flooded street is seen as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Fort Myers on Sept. 28, 2022. Marco Bello / Reuters A fallen traffic light dangles from a wire as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Fort Myers on Sept. 28, 2022. Marco Bello / Reuters A car is stranded on the median blockade of a street in Fort Myers on Sept. 28, 2022. Steve Nesius / Reuters A mailbox is dry-wrapped as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast in Sarasota on Sept. 28, 2022. Joe Raedle / Getty Images Boats are pushed up on a causeway after Hurricane Ian passed through the area in Fort Myers, on Sept. 29, 2022. Gerardo Mora / Getty Images A worker cleans debris in downtown St. Petersburg after Hurricane Ian passed through the area on Sept. 29, 2022. Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images A sign on State Road 528 in Orlando advises drivers that tolls have been suspended as Hurricane Ian approaches on Sept. 28, 2022. Ricardo Arduengo / AFP via Getty Images Gusts from Hurricane Ian hit Punta Gorda on Sept. 28, 2022. Sean Rayford / Getty Images Jacob Woods, a meteorology student at Mississippi State University, measures wind gusts as Hurricane Ian approaches Sarasota on Sept. 28, 2022. Pedro Portal / El Nuevo Herald / Tribune News Service via Getty Images Sailboats anchored in Roberts Bay are blown around by 50 mph winds in Venice, Florida, on Sept. 28, 2022. Douglas R. Clifford / Tampa Bay Times via AP Pavement just before the causeway to Sanibel, Florida, is damaged by Hurricane Ian on Sept. 29, 2022. Win Mcnamee / Getty Images In this aerial view, damaged homes in Punta Gorda are seen after Hurricane Ian moved through Florida's Gulf Coast on Sept. 29, 2022. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A collapsed building stands near a flooded river in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Punta Gorda on Sept. 29, 2022.

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Hurricane IanNatural Disasters Kenneth BachorBuzzFeed News Photo Editor Kenneth Bachor is a Photo Editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Contact Kenneth Bachor at [email protected]. Got a confidential tip? Submit it here Clarissa-Jan LimBuzzFeed News Reporter Clarissa-Jan Lim is a senior reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Contact Clarissa-Jan Lim at [email protected].

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