View from above: Drone video shows scope of Hurricane Ian destruction on Sanibel
As each day passes since Hurricane Ian slammed Southwest Florida on Sept. 28, 2022, progress with various recovery efforts continues to be made. Rebuilding. New construction. Landscaping. Debris piles disappearing. Businesses finding their footing and opening again.
It's a lot of good news.
Still, at the seven-month mark since the Category 4 storm hit, it can be difficult and painful to see the scars that remain in many places, including Sanibel Island, which along with Fort Myers Beach, Pine Island and parts of Cape Coral and Fort Myers neighborhoods along the Caloosahatchess River, absorbed the brunt of Ian.
The News-Press visual journalist Ricardo Rolon recently piloted a drone between 50- to 200-feet above southern Sanibel with views of the damaged lighthouse, Lighthouse Beach and the Gulf and river sides of the island. In the video at the top of this page you can still see hard-hit areas that are still months, or even years away from fully recovering.
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This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Sanibel island hurricane damage documented in drone video
