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- In this photo provided by Cheynne Prevatt, Prevatt's home, seen Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, was damaged by Hurricane Ian and by a fallen palm tree, making it uninhabitable, in Englewood, Fla. (Cheynne Prevatt via AP)
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Woman braves Hurricane Ian flood to check on stranger's mom
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press
Thu,09/29/22-4:25PM , 442 Reads
Christine Bomlitz became more and more distraught as Hurricane Ian gained in ferocity Wednesday, sweeping across southwest Florida. Hours passed, but there was still no word from her 84-year-old mother.

Thursday morning came. The storm had drifted away overnight. But still no word.
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- Holly Nugyn walks out of her flooded neighborhood after Hurricane Ian passed by the area Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Floods trap many in Florida as Ian heads to South Carolina
By TERRY SPENCER, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON AND TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press
Wed,09/28/22-11:35PM , 586 Reads
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through inundated streets Thursday to save thousands of Floridians trapped amid flooded homes and shattered buildings left by Hurricane Ian, which crossed into the Atlantic Ocean and churned toward South Carolina.
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- Authorities transport a person out of the Avante nursing home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Hurricane Ian carved a path of destruction across Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, cutting off the only bridge to a barrier island, destroying a historic waterfront pier and knocking out power to 2.5 million people as it dumped rain over a huge area on Thursday. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Florida health care facilities evacuate patients after Ian
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN AND ALINA HARTOUNIAN - The Associated Press
Wed,09/28/22-10:12PM , 342 Reads
Thousands of people were evacuated from nursing homes and hospitals across Florida on Thursday even as winds and water from Hurricane Ian began receding. Hundreds of those evacuations were taking place across the hard-hit Fort Myers region, where damage cut off potable water to at least nine hospitals.
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- People in raincoats walk along International Drive in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, as the first effects of Hurricane Ian are felt in central Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homes
By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press
Wed,09/28/22-8:47PM , 593 Reads
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamped southwest Florida on Wednesday, turning streets into rivers, knocking out power to 1.8 million people and threatening catastrophic damage further inland.
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