Hurricane Ian aftermath: Car, truck carnage litters SWFL landscape

Mark H. Bickel, Fort Myers News-Press
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These are some of the "Cars of Hurricane Ian."

Upside down cars.

Sideways cars.

Pricey paint-scratched sports cars parked in Naples

Cars with broken glass and cars rendered useless because they were submerged in storm surge water that Ian brought with it.

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It's difficult to tell if there were more cars and trucks or boats tossed around by the Category 4 storm that lashed Southwest Florida on Sept. 28.

Doesn't matter. Carnage is carnage. And there is plenty of that right now from Fort Myers Beach to Captiva.

Our photographers are spread out in communities throughout Southwest Florida.

Fort Myers and Fort Myers Beach

Downtown Fort Myers

Scenes around Downtown Fort Myers after Hurricane Ian swept through. Thursday, September 29, 2022.
Scenes around Downtown Fort Myers after Hurricane Ian swept through. Thursday, September 29, 2022.
Scenes around Downtown Fort Myers after Hurricane Ian swept through. Thursday, September 29, 2022.
Scenes around Downtown Fort Myers after Hurricane Ian swept through. Thursday, September 29, 2022.

Bonita Beach

Boats, debris and sand cover Bonita Beach Road, which is closed as you approach the beach by Hickory Bay Boathouse. The storm surge from Hurricane Ian caused massive amounts of damage along the beach.
Boats, debris and sand cover Bonita Beach Road, which is closed as you approach the beach by Hickory Bay Boathouse. The storm surge from Hurricane Ian caused massive amounts of damage along the beach.

Naples

Pine Island

The destruction along Pine Island Road leading into Matlacha on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.
The destruction along Pine Island Road leading into Matlacha on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.
Agustín "Kiko" and Julia "Gordie" Villalon, long time Pine Island residents, returned to their Island home for the first time since evacuating before Hurricane Ian. Monday, September 03, 2022, they got to findout just how much damage there was.
Agustín "Kiko" and Julia "Gordie" Villalon, long time Pine Island residents, returned to their Island home for the first time since evacuating before Hurricane Ian. Monday, September 03, 2022, they got to findout just how much damage there was.

These are just a few of the damaged car and truck photos they have captured.

This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Hurricane Ian aftermath: Car, truck carnage litters SW FL landscape