Photos: This is what Florida looks like after Hurricane Ian

By Catie Dull

Published October 3, 2022 at 7:00 AM EDT

The Peace River RV & Camping Resort in Wauchula, Fla., on Oct. 1, 2022. The area sits beside the Peace River which overflowed and flooded parts of the area.Carlos Osorio for NPR

Floridians are finding themselves in a changed landscape after Hurricane Ian swept through the region on Wednesday. Images of the aftermath show a glimpse of the destruction caused by the powerful Category 4 storm: homes washed out, boats yanked from their moorings, and decimated neighborhoods. Rescue and recovery efforts got underway after some of the more dangerous conditions subsided, but the full scope of Ian's destruction is still unclear.

Here are some photos of what Hurricane Ian left behind:

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Utility crews work near the flooded streets around Lake Davis on Oct. 01, 2022 in Orlando, FL.
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Clothes dry out o the lawn of a home flooded by storm surge from Hurricane Ian on Oct. 02, 2022 in Naples, Fla.
Sean Rayford/Getty Images[/caption]

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Florida Army National Guard members unload supplies from a helicopter on Oct. 02, 2022 in Pine Island, Fla.
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Crews work on power lines near Ona Fla., after Hurricane Ian, Oct. 1, 2022.
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"Smokee" retrieves furniture and belongings from his home at Sunny Land, a mobile home park on San Carlos Island in Fort Myers, Fla., in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on October 1, 2022.
Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images[/caption]

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Residents wade through water to get to their house in a flooded neighborhood on October 1, 2022 in Orlando, Fla.
Bryan R. Smith/ AFP via Getty Images[/caption]

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Nita Ross shines a flashlight on a broken frame of family photos on the mud-coated floor, as she returns to her mobile home for the first time since the passage of Hurricane Ian, in Sunshine Mobile Home Park in Fort Myers, Fla., Oct. 1, 2022.
Rebecca Blackwell/AP[/caption]

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Flooded streets in Sanibel Island, Fla., on Sept. 30, 2022, two days after Hurricane Ian passed through.
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A damaged causeway to Sanibel Island on Sept. 30, 2022, near Sanibel Island, Fla.
Tom James for WGCU/NPR[/caption]

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People ride bikes along a street in Punta Gorda, Fla., on Sept. 30, 2022, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
Carlos Osorio for NPR[/caption]

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Jim and Susan Helton sit in their back of a car outside a hotel in Fort Myers, Fla. on Sept. 30, 2022. Their home in Fort Myers beach was destroyed by hurricane Ian. They are staying in a hotel that has no power or water.
Carlos Osorio for NPR[/caption]

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A National Guard truck moves through floodwaters at the Good Samaritan Society Village in Kissimmee, Fla., on Sept. 30, 2022.
Bryan R. Smith /AFP via Getty Images[/caption]

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Cars move through receding floodwaters as people return to New Smyrna Beach, Fla., on Sept. 30, 2022, two days after Hurricane Ian slammed the area.
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images[/caption]

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Osceola County firefighters inspect the flooded Good Samaritan Society Village in Kissimmee, Fla., on Sept. 30, 2022, following Hurricane Ian.
Bryan R. Smith /AFP via Getty Images[/caption]

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People leave the flooded community of Country Club Ridge in North Port, Fla., on Sept. 29, 2022, after Hurricane Ian passed through the area a day earlier.
Carlos Osorio for NPR[/caption]

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A couple sits in front of their home in Englewood Florida on September 29, 2022. Carlos Osorio for NPR[/caption]

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Sheryl Hawk outside her home in Englewood Florida on September 29, 2022. Carlos Osorio for NPR[/caption]

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Larry Goerlatz cleans up pieces of his roof in Englewood Florida on September 29, 2022.
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Charlene Goerlatz looks out the window of her home where the roof fell in after Hurricane Ian in Englewood Florida on September 29, 2022.
Carlos Osorio for NPR[/caption]

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People leave the flooded community of Country Club Ridge in North Port Florida after hurricane Ian on September 29, 2022.
Carlos Osorio for NPR[/caption]

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Damaged homes and debris are shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on Sept. 29, 2022, in Fort Myers, Fla.
Wilfredo Lee/AP[/caption]

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Residents of mobile homes clean up debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, in Fort Myers, Florida, on September 29, 2022.
Giorgio VIERA / AFP via Getty Images[/caption]

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A home burns on Sanibel Island in the wake of Hurricane Ian, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Fla.
Wilfredo Lee/AP[/caption]

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Stedi Scuderi looks over her apartment in Fort Myers, Fla., on Sept. 29, 2022, after floodwater inundated it when Hurricane Ian passed through the area a day earlier.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images[/caption]

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A resident walks back home on a flooded street in Fort Myers, Fla., on Sept. 29, 2022, the day after Hurricane Ian slammed into the area.
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People embrace as they survey property damage on Sept. 29, 2022, in Bonita Springs, Fla.
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A person rides a bicycle in St. Petersburg, Fla., before Hurricane Ian hits the area on September 28, 2022.
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Allan Juhl gets help tying up his canoe while his partner Katie Falcon and their neighbors Ashley Palacios and her brother Andres Garcia look on Sept. 27, 2022, in the Palmetto Beach neighborhood of Tampa, Fla., before Hurricane Ian hit the area.
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