Hurricane Ian Florida News

FEMA Raises Federal Cost Share to 90% of Eligible Hurricane Ian Recovery in Florida

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has raised the federal cost share for funding assistance, potentially making millions more dollars available to Florida authorities for Hurricane Ian recovery efforts in Florida, the agency said Wednesday. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said in …

Analysis Shows Climate Change Increased Ian’s Rainfall Amounts by 10%

Human-induced climate change, long denied by some elected officials in the states pounded by Hurricane Ian, made the storm’s most extreme rainfall about 10% worse than it would have been without two centuries of greenhouse gas pollution, according to a …

Video Shows Ian Storm Surge Devastated Part of Florida; Losses Mounting

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Dave Lusk, who lives on San Carlos Island, sandwiched between Fort Myers and devastated Fort Myers Beach, Florida, told the story of how his daugther and her family decided to ride out Hurricane Ian in their …