Time-Lapse Shows Rapid Storm Surge from Hurricane Ian

A time-lapse shows how Hurricane Ian flooded a Fort Myers, Florida, street in under 1.5 hours.

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Time-Lapse Shows Rapid Storm Surge from Hurricane Ian

[crossfitislife]

BROTHER WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THE SIDEWALK☠️

[dreaburton]

It's not the rain that caused the rapid flooding. It's the strong winds that blew the water onto shore.

[stevilknevil]

Don’t know why this doesn’t show how high the water actually got. I live there. The storm surge brought water 15ft high, almost to the tops of those palm trees on the left at the beginning. Whole entire houses and restaurants were picked up and violently swept away. And sadly, since the storm turned on us at the last minute, many people didn’t evacuate and so 79 people died our county alone. Scuba divers searched for bodies for many days after the storm. There are still 2 people missing from that beach in this video.
I actually live many, many miles away from the shore and even my neighborhood still had flooding higher than the mailboxes. My car literally floated down the street. Hurricane Ian was terrifying

[lavenderrrrrrrrrrrr__]

Even the street light said
“Bye ✌️” ☮️

[tedhamilton]

Imagine this hitting the gulf beaches in St Pete/Tampa (Clearwater, St pete, and others). What a catastrophe we avoided.

[ihuntieatisleepirepeat]

A time stamp would help show people how bad this is. Is it a couple minutes or couple hours 🤷‍♂️

[doctorslayer]

To Think of it how fascinating and terrifying at same time mother nature can be..

[akcr]

Love for those affected by hurricanes!

[Andrew-kzdq]

Stayed down here once in 2022, beautiful area 🥺

[CarolAustin-qk]

At 8yrs old my brother and 2 sisters went through hurricane besty cat 5 without an adult, no knowledge of hurricanes, stood in the eye I f the storm. Never again

[yfmlam]

as a Floridian those two mfs who were walking in the middle of a hurricane and storm surge are relatable. I’m not trying to sound “cool” because it’s an extremely stupid thing to do, but when hurricane Irma hit, me and my sisters went to walk our dogs while we were exiting the hurricane wall and entering the eye, it’s extremely dumb and dangerous, I truly don’t recommend, thankfully we had parents who cared about us and drove to pick us up before we entered the hurricane again.

[debbieroegner]

This is from Fort Myers Beach when it got destroyed so sad to see this again

[RobertoMTorres]

Hurricane Ian Was A Category 5 Hurricane But Since Ian Was Doing Category 4 Damage Instead Of 5 They Rated Ian Category 4

[SimpleThingsOutreachMedia]

Wow! Some of our streets in North Port were flooded for days, but this here is crazy!

[NeppyyGT_Official]

My grandma lives in fort myers so i feel bad her whole city got destroyed

[petergaskin]

There's a 9 hour version of a different viewpoint which is even more frightening

[coryleblanc]

now show me the one where it raises 20 feet like the news said

[knightofsvea]

you should probably start thinking about relocation

[ChicagoMike]

Was in Clearwater on vacation during Ian. Crazy time

[MikeCargill-rfvi]

If you don't know whether to leave and want to ride it out, for God sake make the right decision and get you and your family to safety !!