Hurricane Ian evacuees on leaving dwelling in hard-hit Fort Myers

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Hundreds of thousands of Floridians have been urged to evacuate their properties as Hurricane Ian approached.

Many Fort Myers households at the moment are taking shelter in Palm Seaside County.

“This can be a Katrina for Florida, it’s actually unhealthy,” mentioned Missy Sedgwick.

Missy and her husband evacuated to Royal Palm Seaside however checked on their dwelling on Friday.

“We expect we bought 6-8 inches that got here by way of the home,” mentioned Sedgwick. “Timber down all over the place, cellular dwelling parks the place the roofs have been simply gone and particles all over the place.”

Sedgwick sat down with WPTV to point out what she noticed.

“That is the water coming into the carpet,” mentioned Sedgwick. “It made waves.”

The skin of her dwelling has bushes on the bottom. The within is flooded with water.

Now she sits in a resort ready to return to what as soon as was a livable dwelling, fortunate to be alive.

“You simply really feel like refugees in your personal dwelling,” mentioned Sedgwick. “We have been blessed. Thanks, God.”