Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida on Sept. 28, carving a path of destruction through the state and killing more than 100 people. The real magnitude of Hurricane Ian’s death toll is still unknown, with media outlets reporting differing numbers as officials are still digging through debris some three weeks later. The last count I saw from ABC News said 127 dead.
The sheer scale of destruction “at best guess” is expected to reach $67 billion, according to modeling firm RMS, marking it as one of the top 10 costliest storms in U.S. history and twice the toll from Hurricane Andrew, which had previously been the most expensive storm to ever hit Florida back in 1992.