A camera placed 6 feet above the ground on Estero Blvd in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, captured the chilling moment Hurricane Ian devours the street with its powerful storm surge.
“I’m not sure how much longer (the camera) will keep working,” Mike Bettes, a Weather Channel meteorologist and host of Weather Underground, wrote on his Twitter account, along with the images and location of the camera.
In the footage , it seems that it is a storm in the middle of the sea, however, it is a street that has been devastated by the impact of Hurricane Ian, a phenomenon that made landfall this afternoon around 2: 00 pm, precisely in Fort Myers.
Reports from the Meteorological Service indicated that the impact in Fort Myers registered winds of more than 100 miles per hour at landfall and the hurricane will soon spread to the rest of the Florida coast.
Now, the Mike Bettes himself shared an image of Google Maps in the exact place where the camera is (or was) placed, which helps to understand the strength of the storm surge that is hitting at this time. to that part of Florida. Naturally, it is unrecognizable.
“ This is the typical aspect of this view,” Bettes wrote on his social account.
Authorities report that the counties and beaches with the highest winds are Captiva, Naples Beach, Sanibel Island, Solana, Punta Gorda and Cape Coral.
It should be remembered that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepared an extensive care program prior to and after the impact of Hurricane Ian.
In addition, on Tuesday night, President Joe Biden spoke with the Governor DeSantis to directly coordinate relief efforts.
As Hurricane Ian advances in Florida, more images appear on social networks, which are faithful witnesses to the force of the storm and the impact that the rain and the winds leave in their wake.
For example, a few hours ago, a woman uploaded to Twitter the moment in which her boyfriend rescued a small frightened cat in Naples, in the midst of the strong currents that Ian has left behind.
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