Hurricane Ian made landfall on the west coast of Florida on Wednesday, and some of the footage of the storm is jaw-dropping.
Ian entered Florida through the Ft Myers /Cape Coral area as a large Category 4 storm.
The core of destructive winds with Ian now pushing onshore. An Extreme Wind Warning has been issued for the Cape Coral Area. #Ian is a high end category 4 with max sustained winds at 155 mph. pic.twitter.com/CBOAMbxh5t
— Hunter Williams (@Hunt_Wx) September 28, 2022
Ian brought 155 mph winds and up to 16 feet of storm surge in the coastal area of SW Florida.
Even before Cape Coral saw max sustained storm winds, there was already video of a roof being blown off a house.
WILD VIDEO!!!
As powerful winds from #Ian move through #SWFL, a Lanai was sent flying through the air in Cape Coral this afternoon… peak wind gusts ranging from 100 – 112 MPH across #SWFL… @winknews pic.twitter.com/2dFuEHUFgF
— Greg Rule (@WXRules) September 28, 2022
Sanibel Island saw some of the worst of the storm surge.
#BREAKING: Sanibel Island is now in the eyewall of Hurricane #Ian.
I have not heard from a source that decided to stick it out in a bit. Praying they are alright. Phone service could be down.pic.twitter.com/3cvng54E9d
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) September 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/NLaurenTV/status/1575145452219006977
Here’s what the storm surge looked like at FT Myers beach.
*RARE* first person view of storm surge. This camera is 6 feet off the ground on Estero Blvd in Fort Myers Beach, FL. Not sure how much longer it keeps working. You’ll see it live only on @weatherchannel #Ian pic.twitter.com/WwHtvgVxjY
— Mike Bettes (@mikebettes) September 28, 2022
Video of storm surge in Pine Island.
Powerful storm surge southern tip Pine Island FL eye wall Hurricane Ian @accuweather @ChrisFLTornado pic.twitter.com/Osn1u5kpa4
— Reed Timmer, PhD (@ReedTimmerUSA) September 28, 2022
A power line in Naples exploding during the storm surge.
Power line on fire in Naples, Florida pic.twitter.com/2PV2hf5w9t
— TAHA IQBAL (@MTAHAIQBAL1) September 28, 2022
Here’s some footage of flooding at Everglades City courtesy of Jimmy at Everglades Fishing Co.’
Everglades City is completely underwater from the storm surge. Boats able to navigate the streets (🎥 Jimmy @EvergladesFish on IG) #HurricaneIan pic.twitter.com/XUX7NRP8fU
— Cass Anderson (@casspa) September 28, 2022
A house in Naples had its roof completely ripped off.
One of my friends just sent me this from #Naples. #Hurricane pic.twitter.com/XJBgdz2N0O
— Dave Epstein (@growingwisdom) September 28, 2022
Florida man decided to jet ski in the middle of the hurricane.
My neighbor in Florida just sent this video of a man out jetskiing. #FloridaMan X #HurricaneIan pic.twitter.com/DYaPAezAQo
— Hally Leadbetter (@hallylead) September 28, 2022
A shark made its way to a Fort Myers neighborhood.
@Gutfeldfox somehow a shark ended up in a Fort Myers neighborhood during Hurricane Ian.. 😬 pic.twitter.com/l3WbzgNQHj
— Brad Habuda (@BradHabuda) September 28, 2022
A man saved a cat from flooding waters during Hurricane Ian.
DARING RESCUE: A Good Samaritan risked his life to save a cat that was stuck, perched on an air conditioner during #HurricaneIan. @NBC2
📍: Bonita Beach, FL
📸: Megan Scavo pic.twitter.com/evFRYzxPES— Gage Goulding – NBC2 (@GageGoulding) September 28, 2022
Some houses were floating off of their foundations in Fort Myers Beach.
#BREAKING: Video circulating shows houses FLOATING off their foundations in Fort Myers Beach. Hurricane #Ian. pic.twitter.com/OID6YATFd3
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) September 28, 2022
Houses are destroyed and some are floating away as Ian’s eyewall hammers southwest Florida. This is video from Fort Myers Beach, Florida off Estero Blvd by Loni Architects pic.twitter.com/6GqrxLRv9Q
— Kaitlin Wright (@wxkaitlin) September 28, 2022
Jim Cantore nearly got struck by lightning live on-air.
https://twitter.com/BURNITDOWNNNNN/status/1575190899306352640
Cars in Naples were under water after the storm surge.
Numerous cars in Naples will not survive #HurricaneIan. Devastating. pic.twitter.com/Z9gcgyFvJ6
— Jeff Butera (@ABC7Jeff) September 28, 2022
A house gets blown away and lands into another house.
Actual moment a house blew away and hit another house in Boca Grande, as the eye of #HurricaneIan made landfall pic.twitter.com/ADCwTCDXmQ
— Cass Anderson (@casspa) September 28, 2022
Weather channel reporters nearly get blown away while covering the storm.
The Weather Channel has to stop sending reporters to report on Hurricanes pic.twitter.com/hiDo887qXV
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) September 28, 2022
Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore got hit by a flying tree branch in 100 MPH winds.
Weather Channel anchor pleads with Jim Cantore to get off the street pic.twitter.com/D4sJyXQqlT
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) September 28, 2022
A yacht broke free and is floating in the streets of FT Myers.
https://twitter.com/nojaydenx/status/1575206603145457664?s=46&t=64egzvugNMdLrPwJjePSKQ