Shocking Aerial Photos Show Before & After Damage Along the Florida Coast Following Hurricane Ian

The Sanibel Island coastline after Hurricane Ian

On Sept. 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida as a category 4 storm after ravaging Cuba. The storm — which resulted in what Gov. Ron DeSantis called "a 500-year flooding event" — crossed the whole state, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power along with complete destruction of some coastal towns. More than 100 people have died as a result of the storm, and recovery efforts continue throughout the southeast. Here, a photo of Florida's Sanibel Island before the storm hit.

Sanibel Island after the storm

A cluster of Sanibel Island homes along the coast before the storm

Those same homes after the storm

A Sanibel Island neighborhood dotted with tennis courts and swimming pools before the storm

That same area of Sanibel Island afterward

Beachfront homes in Sanibel Island before the storm

Those same homes after the hurricane

A series of buildings in Sanibel Island before the storm

Those buildings, pools and tennis courts covered with sand afterward

The Sanibel Island coastline before the storm