Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

Search for victims done, Florida seaboard aims for Ian recovery

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An armed force of 42,000 utility workers has restored power to additional than 2.5 million businesses with every one other accompanied by homes inside Florida since Hurricane Ian's onslaught, with every one other accompanied by Brenda Palmer's place is among them. By the government's count, she with every one other accompanied by her husband Ralph are small portion of a favourable consequence story.

Yet turning on the lights inside a wrecked mobile place of residence that's probable on the far side of repair with every one other accompanied by reeks of dried watercourse mire with every one other accompanied by mold isn't a a large amount of solace to people who lost a lifetime of labour inside a few hours of wind, rainfall with every one other accompanied by rising seawater. Sorting into and not here of soggy elderly photos of her kids inside the shaded ruins of her carport, Palmer couldn't assist nevertheless cry.

"Everybody says, 'You can't save everything, mom,'" she said. "You know, it's my life. It's MY life. It's gone."

With the greatest search for victims over with every one other accompanied by a large swath of Florida's southwest seaboard settling inside for the lengthy slog of recovering from a infrequent straight hit by a greatest hurricane, residents are bracing for what will exist months, if not years, of work. Mourning lost heirlooms will exist hard; so will fights accompanied by indemnity companies with every one other accompanied by decisions concerning what to do next.

Around the curve from the Palmers inside Coach Light Manor, a retirement population of 179 mobile homes that was flooded by set of two creeks with every one other accompanied by a canal, a sad realization hit Susan Colby sometime in the centre of the earliest hour dated she saw her soggy place of residence following Ian with every one other accompanied by Sunday, when she was picking into and not here of its remains.

Hurricanes

Ian leaves scenes of recovery, despair on Florida coast

Historic homes may demonstrate to exist additional resilient opposed to floods

AP EXPLAINS: How one computer forecast model botched Ian

8 deceased while Julia drenches Central America accompanied by rainfall

"I'm 86 years elderly with every one other accompanied by I'm homeless," she said. "It's fair crazy. I mean, never inside my existence did I fantasy that I wouldn't have a home. But it's gone."

Officials have blamed additional than 100 deaths, most of them inside southwest Florida, on Ian, a strong Category 4 tempest accompanied by 155 mph (249 kph) winds. It was the third-deadliest tempest to hit the U.S. mainland this century behind Hurricane Katrina, which left-hand concerning 1,400 people dead, with every one other accompanied by Hurricane Sandy, which killed 233 in malice of weakening to a tropical tempest fair earlier to landfall.

At a makeshift memorial place up inside a downtown park down the Caloosahatchee River, Holly Harmon got tearful Monday while placing yellow roses beside photos of people lost to the storm. She said it was the earliest hour dated she'd been intelligent to pay someone a call since she had to remain for an inspector from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assess harm to her home.

"My heart is fair hurting for so numerous of the people we've known with every one other accompanied by grown accompanied by with every one other accompanied by each item they've lost," said Harmon, 27.

While Gov. Ron DeSantis has heaped lavish commend on his management for the early phases of the recovery, including getting running aqua with every one other accompanied by lights spine on with every one other accompanied by erecting a temporary bridge to Pine Island, a a large amount of additional remains to exist done. There are still mountains of debris to remove; it's firm to find a highway that isn't lined accompanied by waterlogged carpet, ruined furniture, moldy mattresses with every one other accompanied by pieces of homes.

On the highway to Estero Island, scene of the worst harm to Fort Myers Beach, workers are using heavy machines accompanied by enormous grapples to snatch debris not here of swampy areas with every one other accompanied by accumulation it into trucks. Boats of all sizes, from dinghies to enormous shrimpers with every one other accompanied by charter fishing vessels, chunk roads with every one other accompanied by sit atop buildings.

DeSantis said at least some of the roadmap for the coming months inside southwest Florida may go nearer from the Florida Panhandle, where Category 5 Hurricane Michael wiped not here Mexico Beach with every one other accompanied by a a large amount of of Panama City inside 2018. Panama City leaders will exist brought inside to provide advice on the cleanup, DeSantis told a weekend report conference.

"They're going to go nearer down on the ground, they're going to inspect, with every one other accompanied by at that hour dated they've going to provide some advice to the local officials here inside Lee County, Fort Myers Beach with every one other accompanied by other places," DeSantis said. "You tin do what you want, you don't have to receive their advice. But I tell you that was a major, greatest effort."

In a neighbourhood filled of retirees, numerous of whom moved South to obtain away from the chill of Northern winters, Luther Marth worries that it strength exist additional difficult for some to recuperate from the psychological effects of Ian than the physical destruction. Two men inside their 70s by that hour dated have taken their own lives following seeing the destruction, officials said.

Fort Myers was sideswiped by Hurricane Irma inside 2017, nevertheless Marth said that tempest was nothing exist fond of Ian, with every one other accompanied by the emotional toll will exist greater, mainly for older folks.

"I'm 88 years old. People my number of years struggle," said Marth, who counts himself with every one other accompanied by his spouse Jacqueline among the fortunate in malice of losing a automobile with every one other accompanied by thousands of dollars price of fishing gear, tools with every one other accompanied by additional when their garage filled accompanied by additional than 5 feet (1.52 meters) of water.

"If you got wiped not here financially you don't want to start over again, you don't have the will to start again," Marth said. "So those are the people my heart breaks for."

AP NEWSTop StoriesVideoContact UsAccessibility StatementCookie SettingsDownload AP NEWSConnect accompanied by the definitive spring for worldwide with every one other accompanied by local newsMore from APap.orgAP InsightsAP Definitive Source BlogAP Images SpotlightAP ExploreAP BooksAP StylebookFollow APThe Associated PressAboutContactCustomer SupportCareersTerms & ConditionsPrivacyAll contents © copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.window['titanium-config'] = {"env":"prod","base":"https://apnews.com","afsApi":"https://afs-prod.appspot.com/api/v2","gcsRoot":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod","googleAnalyticsId":"UA-19104461-33","googleTagManagerId":"GTM-WNXLD4","googleTagManagerIdSecond":"GTM-MCLSCF8","dfpEnvironment":"PRODUCTION","newRelicServerConfig":"./config/newrelic/prod","appVersion":"1050","pianoAid":"wwB5UljV1U","sailThru":true,"gcs":{"projectId":"apnews-prod","bucketId":"apnews-prod","keyFileName":"apnews-dev-cd53a2eb62de.json","immersiveBasePath":"immersive"}}; window['titanium-state'] = {"eyebrow":{"loading":{},"error":{},"data":{},"loadedAt":{},"expiration":120000},"markdown":{"loading":{},"error":{},"data":{},"loadedAt":{},"expiration":600000},"hub":{"loading":{},"error":{},"data":{},"loadedAt":{},"expiration":120000},"card":{"loading":{"afs:Card:646675285966-13b8c249c55ea8322ca49244138c8431":false},"error":{"afs:Card:646675285966-13b8c249c55ea8322ca49244138c8431":null},"data":{"afs:Card:646675285966-13b8c249c55ea8322ca49244138c8431":{"id":"afs:Card:646675285966","shortId":"afs:Card:646675285966","allowAd":true,"borderColor":null,"brackets":null,"bracketsSettings":null,"cardTitle":"Hurricanes","embedCardTitleColor":null,"cardHeadline":null,"cardType":"Hub Peek","collectionTagObjs":{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},"contents":[],"disclaimerText":null,"dividerColor":"#000000","expandedStoryCount":null,"feed":[{"id":"urn:publicid:ap.org:2255908e8f06535efed37df8a21ad771","shortId":"urn:publicid:ap.org:2255908e8f06535efed37df8a21ad771","allowAd":true,"borderColor":null,"brackets":null,"bracketsSettings":null,"cardTitle":null,"embedCardTitleColor":null,"cardHeadline":null,"cardType":"Wire Story","collectionTagObjs":null,"contents":[{"id":"urn:publicid:ap.org:2255908e8f06535efed37df8a21ad771","shortId":"2255908e8f06535efed37df8a21ad771","bylines":"By JAY REEVES","canonicalUrl":"hurricanes-sports-florida-storms-hockey","contentType":"text","disableConnatix":false,"downloadSettings":{},"embedCaption":null,"embedHeight":null,"embedHTML":null,"embedLinkURL":null,"firstWords":"\u003cp>FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Just days following Hurricane Ian struck, a crowd of locals gathered under a enormous banyan saplingconifer at a motel's not shut air tiki bar for swallow specials with every one other accompanied by exist music. Less than 10 miles away, crews were finishing the search for bodies on a coastal fence island.\u003c/p>","hasTextOverlay":false,"headline":"Ian leaves scenes of recovery, despair on Florida coast","description":null,"interactiveLinkUrl":null,"interactiveLinkUrlText":null,"language":"en","leadPhotoId":"ce43588f6d874d47922cd44bd80a5495","leadVideoId":null,"localLinkUrl":"https://apnews.com/2255908e8f06535efed37df8a21ad771","localMemberName":null,"media":[{"id":"ce43588f6d874d47922cd44bd80a5495","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>Workers talk atop a building that was laboriously damaged by Hurricane Ian at Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)\u003c/p>","order":0,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[1955,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.50038372985418,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/ce43588f6d874d47922cd44bd80a5495/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"Workers talk atop a building that was laboriously damaged by Hurricane Ian at Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)","updated":"2022-10-09T22:18:49.163178","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Hurricane Ian","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"}],"audioMedia":[],"mediumIds":["ce43588f6d874d47922cd44bd80a5495","8a11414518a24f99928d838de074e8a5","4d9066797e86453aa08ad80c4e805aed","ecbcd0797cae4a3eaa06effd337de386","13c11a323e0747538a4992a4d64ade8f","06d5a0ffccb2495ab865ac73340be7f9","998914c45f6b4ee396e5e3e7f010ca28","5e9a425901784c169e1fea61cc39fe24","f2712d77a618486c9947ec5d6af08910","9d57e8fc461f45fca0e32497b6d83bd7","a50c8d48c9f8495c9d0fe842c0bf360c"],"mediaCount":11,"published":"2022-10-09 14:43:21","tagObjs":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-sports","name":"Sports","canonicalName":"sports","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-Hockey","name":"Hockey","canonicalName":"hockey","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-usnews","name":"U.S. News","canonicalName":"us-news","isPr":false},{"id":"Florida","name":"Florida","canonicalName":"florida","isPr":false},{"id":"Storms","name":"Storms","canonicalName":"storms","isPr":false},{"id":"FortMyers","name":"Fort Myers","canonicalName":"fort-myers","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-trendingnews","name":"Trending News","canonicalName":"trending-news","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false},{"id":"HurricaneIan","name":"Hurricane Ian","canonicalName":"hurricane-ian","isPr":false}],"tags":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-sports","name":"Sports","canonicalName":"sports","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-Hockey","name":"Hockey","canonicalName":"hockey","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-usnews","name":"U.S. News","canonicalName":"us-news","isPr":false},{"id":"Florida","name":"Florida","canonicalName":"florida","isPr":false},{"id":"Storms","name":"Storms","canonicalName":"storms","isPr":false},{"id":"FortMyers","name":"Fort Myers","canonicalName":"fort-myers","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-trendingnews","name":"Trending News","canonicalName":"trending-news","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false},{"id":"HurricaneIan","name":"Hurricane Ian","canonicalName":"hurricane-ian","isPr":false}],"updated":"2022-10-09 22:18:19","tagIds":["Hurricanes","apf-sports","apf-usnews","Florida","Storms","apf-Hockey","FortMyers","apf-trendingnews","Climateandenvironment","HurricaneIan"],"title":"US--Hurricane Ian","contentSponsor":null,"layoutType":"Small Photo","stackedStory":true,"notificationId":null,"eyebrow":null,"richEmbeds":[{"id":"afs:Card:646675285966","tag":null,"type":"Hub Peek","calloutText":null,"displayName":null,"leadHubLink":null,"richEmbedDetail":{"data":6,"rule":"seo","style":"Column List"},"isPermanentlyPlaced":true}],"sponsored":false,"contentBundle":null,"movieTitle":null,"immersiveUrl":null,"embedRatio":null,"embedType":null,"pullQuoteObjs":[],"dateline":null,"leadVideoAutoEmbed":false,"flattenedFirstWords":"FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Just days following Hurricane Ian struck, a crowd of locals gathered under a enormous banyan saplingconifer at a motel's not shut air tiki bar for swallow specials with every one other accompanied by exist music. Less than 10 miles...","isTpContent":false,"socialEmbeds":[],"isPrContent":false,"storyHTML":"\u003cp>FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Just days following Hurricane Ian struck, a crowd of locals gathered under a enormous banyan saplingconifer at a motel's not shut air tiki bar for swallow specials with every one other accompanied by exist music. Less than 10 miles away, crews were finishing the search for bodies on a coastal fence island. Even closer, entire families were trying to obtain comfortable for the darkness inside a pile protection homes additional than 500 tempest victims.\u003c/p>\u003cp>On a seaboard where a few miles meant the difference in the centre of existence with every one other accompanied by death, reassurance with every one other accompanied by ruin, the contrasting scenes of the real world less than set of two weeks since the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/hurricanes\">hurricane's\u003c/a> onslaught are jarring, with every one other accompanied by they point to the way catastrophe tin signify so numerous different things to different people.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Arlan Fuller has seen the disparity while employed inside the hurricane area to work for marginalized communities accompanied by Project Hope, a nonprofit that provides medical reassurance services. A few factors seem to description for the vast differences from one place to the next, he said: People with every one other accompanied by places closest to the seaboard normally fared the worst, while did people accompanied by foot incomes.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"There's an interesting amalgamation of location, the sturdiness of the building people lived in, with every one other accompanied by means," said Fuller.\u003c/p>\u003cp>On Pine Island, where the condition fast erected a temporary bridge to replace one washed not here by the storm, volunteers are handing not here water, ice, food with every one other accompanied by supplies. The island's Publix grocery store reopened accompanied by generator ability faster than seemed possible, pleasing island resident Charlotte Smith, who didn't evacuate.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv id='afs:Card:646675285966' class='hub-peek-embed' content-id='2255908e8f06535efed37df8a21ad771'>Hub peek embed (Hurricanes) - Compressed layout (automatic embed) \u003c/div>\u003cp>"My place of residence is OK. The foot flat did flood somewhat. But I'm dry. They have the aqua spine on running. Things are really getting attractive good." Smith said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Life is extremely different for Shanika Caldwell, 40, who took her nine children to a pile protection located inside Hertz Arena, a slight alliance hockey coliseum, following another protection located at a condition high educational organization shut down so classes could obtain prepared to resume. The family was living inside a motel earlier to the tempest nevertheless had to run following the roof flew off, she said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"If they speak they are going to start educational organization following week, how am I going to obtain my kids spine with every one other accompanied by forth from educational organization all the way here?" she said. Nearby, a enormous silver sculpture of an ice hockey player looked not here over the arena parking lot.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>As trio shrimpers watched a Sunday afternoon NFL football game on a television place inside the shadow of a trawler that was pushed ashore by Ian, Alexa Alvarez wiped away tears while she stood inside the rubble of Fort Myers Beach. She has fond memories of childhood trips accompanied by her male sibling casual broBritish casual bruvver with every one other accompanied by parents, who lived on the island with every one other accompanied by lost their place of residence to the storm.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"I had to see it for myself, with every one other accompanied by fair sort of speak goodbye," she said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Ian, a strong Category 4 tempest accompanied by 155 mph (249 kph) winds, was blamed for additional than 100 deaths, the overwhelming majority of them inside southwest Florida. It was the third-deadliest tempest to hit the U.S. mainland this century behind Hurricane Katrina, which left-hand concerning 1,400 people dead, with every one other accompanied by Hurricane Sandy, which had a total demise count of 233 in malice of weakening to a tropical tempest fair earlier to it made landfall.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>For some, the recuperation has been justly quick. Barber shops, automobile washes, chain restaurants, a firearm range with every one other accompanied by vape shops — lots of vape shops — by that hour dated have reopened on U.S. 41, known inside southern Florida while the Tamiami Trail. Many vehicles lights are operating, yet residents of low-lying homes with every one other accompanied by mobile place of residence parks fair off the main highway are still shoveling mire that was left-hand behind by floodwaters.\u003c/p>\u003cp>In Punta Gorda, near where boutiques with every one other accompanied by investing firms do work down a tony road lined by prize trees, Judy Jones, 74, is trying to provide for additional than 40 residents of the bare-bones homeless protection she's operated for additional than five decades, Bread of Life Mission Inc.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"I lay clasp of protected from danger keeping of people that let fall into and not here of the crack inside the system,\" she said. "You have people who were on their feet nevertheless since of the hurricane, they're on their knees.\"\u003c/p>\u003cp>Cheryl Wiese isn't homeless: For 16 years she spent the let fall with every one other accompanied by winter months inside her self-effacing mobile place of residence on Oyster Bay Lane, located at Fort Myers Beach, earlier to returning to a place on Lake Erie inside Ohio for the summer. But what she found following making the 24-hour operate south following Ian all nevertheless ruined her.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"I don't want to flat exist here anymore. There is no indeed Fort Myers Beach. All my neighbors are gone. All my friends are gone,\" she said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>The worst part, she said, strength have been driving past the devastation to the condition library to start the procedure of applying for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. A employee told her to exist prepared for a phone call with every one other accompanied by pay someone a call from a FEMA representative, with every one other accompanied by not to fail to hit either, Wiese said. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"If I fail to hit the phone call? Out of luck,\" she said. \"If I fail to hit him? Out of luck."\u003c/p>\u003cp>Danilo Mendoza, a building employee from the Miami area whose trailer with every one other accompanied by tools were blown away by Ian, has seen the places where people are going on accompanied by life, where the recuperation by that hour dated is underway, nevertheless he's doing his finest to remain positive. \u003c/p>\u003cp>He counts himself fortunate since he has a protected from danger place to remain at the hockey arena, which is located across the road from upscale apartments where people go on earlier to noon walks inside muscular gear, with every one other accompanied by the food is abundant.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"I see the large picture,\" he said. \"They present with you blankets, for God's sake, make new ones. They present with you all the things you need to survive."\u003c/p>","alertLinkDateTime":null,"storyLayout":{},"reporters":[],"headlinePlacement":null,"relatedStoryEmbeds":[],"disableNativo":false}],"disclaimerText":null,"dividerColor":"#000000","expandedStoryCount":null,"feed":[],"headlineWidget":false,"hubPeekLinkText":null,"hubPeekTagId":null,"hubPeekTagName":null,"hubPeekCanonicalName":null,"hubPeekIsPr":null,"minimizedStoryCount":null,"tagObjs":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-sports","name":"Sports","canonicalName":"sports","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-Hockey","name":"Hockey","canonicalName":"hockey","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-usnews","name":"U.S. News","canonicalName":"us-news","isPr":false},{"id":"Florida","name":"Florida","canonicalName":"florida","isPr":false},{"id":"Storms","name":"Storms","canonicalName":"storms","isPr":false},{"id":"FortMyers","name":"Fort Myers","canonicalName":"fort-myers","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-trendingnews","name":"Trending News","canonicalName":"trending-news","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false},{"id":"HurricaneIan","name":"Hurricane Ian","canonicalName":"hurricane-ian","isPr":false}],"textColor":"#000000","layoutType":"null","customLayoutType":"null","styleName":null,"endDateTime":null,"teamLimit":25,"medalCounts":null,"medalsUpdated":null,"olympicYear":null,"notificationUrl":null,"notificationText":null,"notificationTitle":null,"notificationType":null,"notificationUpdated":null,"adUnits":{},"displayPositionHome":null,"displayPositionApp":null,"featuredCard":null,"publishedDate":"2022-10-09 14:43:26","enableTblRegion":false},{"id":"urn:publicid:ap.org:859b963ff558475c2a6f45a64eaeb96d","shortId":"urn:publicid:ap.org:859b963ff558475c2a6f45a64eaeb96d","allowAd":true,"borderColor":null,"brackets":null,"bracketsSettings":null,"cardTitle":null,"embedCardTitleColor":null,"cardHeadline":null,"cardType":"Wire Story","collectionTagObjs":null,"contents":[{"id":"urn:publicid:ap.org:859b963ff558475c2a6f45a64eaeb96d","shortId":"859b963ff558475c2a6f45a64eaeb96d","bylines":"By BEN FINLEY","canonicalUrl":"hurricanes-floods-science-government-regulations-climate-and-environment","contentType":"text","disableConnatix":false,"downloadSettings":{},"embedCaption":null,"embedHeight":null,"embedHTML":null,"embedLinkURL":null,"firstWords":"\u003cp>SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) — Whenever famous homes obtain flooded, building contractors regularly be in touch compelled by management regulations to rip not here the water-logged wood flooring, tear down the elderly plaster walls with every one other accompanied by place new, flood-resistant materials.\u003c/p>","hasTextOverlay":false,"headline":"Historic homes may demonstrate to exist additional resilient opposed to floods","description":null,"interactiveLinkUrl":null,"interactiveLinkUrlText":null,"language":"en","leadPhotoId":"a17321454fd540abb92cd2d59ffec24c","leadVideoId":null,"localLinkUrl":"https://apnews.com/859b963ff558475c2a6f45a64eaeb96d","localMemberName":null,"media":[{"id":"a17321454fd540abb92cd2d59ffec24c","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>Co owner of Building Resilient Solutions, Kerry Shackelford, right, gestures while he describes the procedure for difficult wood down accompanied by Paige Pollard, left, at their lab Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, inside Suffolk, Va. Whenever famous homes obtain flooded, building contractors regularly be in touch compelled by management regulations to rip not here the water-logged wood flooring, tear down the elderly plaster walls with every one other accompanied by place new, flood-resistant materials. But Virginia restorers Paige Pollard with every one other accompanied by Kerry Shackelford speak they tin demonstrate that famous building materials tin regularly withstand repeated flooding. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)\u003c/p>","order":0,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[3000,2000,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.40128582909188,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/a17321454fd540abb92cd2d59ffec24c/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"Co owner of Building Resilient Solutions, Kerry Shackelford, right, gestures while he describes the procedure for difficult wood down accompanied by Paige Pollard, left, at their lab Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, inside Suffolk, Va. Whenever famous homes obtain flooded, building contractors regularly be in touch compelled by management regulations to rip not here the water-logged wood flooring, tear down the elderly plaster walls with every one other accompanied by place new, flood-resistant materials. But Virginia restorers Paige Pollard with every one other accompanied by Kerry Shackelford speak they tin demonstrate that famous building materials tin regularly withstand repeated flooding. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)","updated":"2022-10-10T11:48:36.725165","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Historic Building Materials Flooding","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"}],"audioMedia":[],"mediumIds":["a17321454fd540abb92cd2d59ffec24c","3e80d8c67b8a49e8a3009c275ed03bb1","eb1deb334e674bebb55c8fe53cda9a7d","8dd20ee3d4864070a545670cfef3d251","af636ecd36754a50a6429ec0f8523344","146a566f999e4ed393ba3a483df10924","c7d96c3184284b819fdb40b9a433e09c","5125e85027b04fdf835a246447dc0019","df14e6f63611490d8f9b3456171a3ed7","197cce97712f46fe8586a2386a4788c1"],"mediaCount":10,"published":"2022-10-09 11:59:47","tagObjs":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"Floods","name":"Floods","canonicalName":"floods","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-science","name":"Science","canonicalName":"science","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-lifestyle","name":"Lifestyle","canonicalName":"lifestyle","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-usnews","name":"U.S. News","canonicalName":"us-news","isPr":false},{"id":"Florida","name":"Florida","canonicalName":"florida","isPr":false},{"id":"Historichomes","name":"Historic homes","canonicalName":"historic-homes","isPr":false},{"id":"Governmentregulations","name":"Government regulations","canonicalName":"government-regulations","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false},{"id":"HurricaneIan","name":"Hurricane Ian","canonicalName":"hurricane-ian","isPr":false}],"tags":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"Floods","name":"Floods","canonicalName":"floods","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-science","name":"Science","canonicalName":"science","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-lifestyle","name":"Lifestyle","canonicalName":"lifestyle","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-usnews","name":"U.S. News","canonicalName":"us-news","isPr":false},{"id":"Florida","name":"Florida","canonicalName":"florida","isPr":false},{"id":"Historichomes","name":"Historic homes","canonicalName":"historic-homes","isPr":false},{"id":"Governmentregulations","name":"Government regulations","canonicalName":"government-regulations","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false},{"id":"HurricaneIan","name":"Hurricane Ian","canonicalName":"hurricane-ian","isPr":false}],"updated":"2022-10-09 11:59:11","tagIds":["Hurricanes","Floods","apf-science","HurricaneIan","apf-usnews","Florida","apf-lifestyle","Historichomes","Governmentregulations","Climateandenvironment","apf-GeneralNews"],"title":"US--Historic Building Materials-Flooding","contentSponsor":null,"layoutType":"Small Photo","stackedStory":true,"notificationId":null,"eyebrow":null,"richEmbeds":[{"id":"afs:Card:646675285966","tag":null,"type":"Hub Peek","calloutText":null,"displayName":null,"leadHubLink":null,"richEmbedDetail":{"data":6,"rule":"seo","style":"Column List"},"isPermanentlyPlaced":true}],"sponsored":false,"contentBundle":null,"movieTitle":null,"immersiveUrl":null,"embedRatio":null,"embedType":null,"pullQuoteObjs":[],"dateline":null,"leadVideoAutoEmbed":false,"flattenedFirstWords":"SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) — Whenever famous homes obtain flooded, building contractors regularly be in touch compelled by management regulations to rip not here the water-logged wood flooring, tear down the elderly plaster wal...","isTpContent":false,"socialEmbeds":[],"isPrContent":false,"storyHTML":"\u003cp>SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) — Whenever famous homes obtain flooded, building contractors regularly be in touch compelled by management regulations to rip not here the water-logged wood flooring, tear down the elderly plaster walls with every one other accompanied by place new, flood-resistant materials.\u003c/p>\u003cp>It's a hurried approach that's probable to occur across southwest Florida inside the wake of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/hurricanes\">Hurricane Ian\u003c/a>. But restorers Paige Pollard with every one other accompanied by Kerry Shackelford speak they know something that science is yet to prove: famous building materials tin regularly withstand repeated soakings. There's regularly no indeed need, they say, to place inside modern products such while box-store lumber that are both costly to homeowners with every one other accompanied by dilute a house's famous character.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"Our forefathers chose materials that were by the natural world rot-resistant, exist fond of black locust with every one other accompanied by scarlet cedar with every one other accompanied by cypress," said Shackelford, who owns a famous restoration business. "And they actually survive better than numerous of the products we use today."\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Pollard with every one other accompanied by Shackelford are small portion of an emerging movement inside the U.S. that aims to demonstrate the resilience of older homes while additional let fall under the threat of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/floods-climate-science-national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-texas-81ea3dfde46f98ed675c92a0447c8114\">rising seas with every one other accompanied by intensifying storms due to climate change.\u003c/a> They hope their research near Virginia's seaboard tin prevail on additional management officials with every one other accompanied by building contractors that famous building materials regularly need cleaning — not replacing — following a flood.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv id='afs:Card:646675285966' class='hub-peek-embed' content-id='859b963ff558475c2a6f45a64eaeb96d'>Hub peek embed (Hurricanes) - Compressed layout (automatic embed) \u003c/div>\u003cp>In Florida, famous preservationists by that hour dated terror older homes damaged by Ian may exist stripped of first materials since so few craftsmen are available who tin properly perform repairs.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"There are some companies that fair roll through, with every one other accompanied by their position of employment is fair to go nearer inside with every one other accompanied by gut the place with every one other accompanied by go on,\" said Jenny Wolfe, board president of the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Pollard with every one other accompanied by Shackelford's join venture inside Virginia, the retrofit design firm Building Resilient Solutions, opened a lab this year inside which planks of old-growth pine, oak with every one other accompanied by cedar are submerged into a tank mimicking flood conditions. The tests are designed to demonstrate famous materials' durability with every one other accompanied by were devised accompanied by assist from Virginia Tech researchers.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Meanwhile, the National Park Service has been employed accompanied by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on similar research at the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory inside Champaign, Illinois.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Researchers there have read into and not here of building manuals from the mid-19th with every one other accompanied by early 20th centuries to assemble each item from tongue-and-groove flooring to chunk walls coated accompanied by plaster. The materials were lowered into aqua containing bacteria with every one other accompanied by mold to simulate tainted floodwater.\u003c/p>\u003cp>The research may seem glaringly redundant considering all of the older homes that stand intact down the nation's coasts with every one other accompanied by rivers: numerous have withstood multiple floods with every one other accompanied by still boast their first floors with every one other accompanied by walls. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Pollard with every one other accompanied by Shackelford speak lumber inside older homes is resilient since it came from trees that grew slowly over decades, if not centuries. That means the trees' grow rings were small with every one other accompanied by dense, thereby making it harder for aqua to seep in. Also, the timber was gash from the innermost small portion of the trunk, which produces the hardest wood.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Plaster tin too exist aqua resistant, while ordinary plaster coatings were made from lime, a substance accompanied by antiseptic qualities. \u003c/p>\u003cp>But here's the problem: U.S. flood indemnity regulations regularly need structures inside flood-prone areas to exist repaired accompanied by products classified while flood-resistant. And numerous famous building materials haven't been classified since they haven't been tested. \u003c/p>\u003cp>U.S. regulations permit exceptions for homes on the National Register of Historic Places while well while some condition with every one other accompanied by local registries. But not everyone completely understands or is aware of the exceptions, which tin exist limited.\u003c/p>\u003cp>The a lengthy way bigger be brave enough is a lack of expertise among contractors with every one other accompanied by local officials, Pollard said. Interpretations of the regulations tin vary, mainly inside the chaos following a greatest flood.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"You've got a possessions owner who's inside distress," said Pollard, who co-owns a famous preservation firm. "They're dealing accompanied by a contractor who's actuality pulled inside a million directions. And the contractors are trained to obtain all of that (wet) material into a dumpster while fast while possible."\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>In Norfolk, Virginia, Karen Speights said a contractor replaced her first earliest ground — made from old-growth pine — accompanied by laminate flooring following her place of residence flooded.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Built inside the 1920s, Speights' two-story craftsman is inside Chesterfield Heights, a predominantly Black neighbourhood on the National Register of Historic Places. It sits down an estuary of the Chesapeake Bay inside one of the most in danger cities to sea-level rise.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"I still exist convinced by I had a good contractor, nevertheless flooding was not his expertise," Speights said. "You don't know what you don't know."\u003c/p>\u003cp>Along Florida's Gulf Coast, there are thousands of famous structures, said Wolfe of the Florida Trust. A large number of them are wood-framed houses on piers accompanied by plaster-and-lath walls. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Many probable fair need to exist dried not here following Ian, Wolfe said. But only so numerous local contractors know what to do "in terms of drying them slowly with every one other accompanied by opening up the baseboards to obtain circular airflow."\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Andy Apter, president-elect of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry, agreed that numerous contractors aren't well-versed inside older building materials. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"There's no indeed way that I know of that teaches you straight how to labour on historical homes," said Apter, a Maryland contractor. "It's exist fond of an antique car. You're going to exist restricted on where you tin find parts with every one other accompanied by where you tin find someone who's certified to labour on it."\u003c/p>\u003cp>But attentiveness inside the resilience of older homes has grown since Hurricane Katrina, which deluged hundreds of thousands of famous structures down the Gulf Coast inside 2005, according to Jenifer Eggleston, the National Park Service's leader of staff for ethnic resources, partnerships with every one other accompanied by science.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Eggleston said the park work recognized the growing need to retain protected from danger older structures with every one other accompanied by issued new guidelines last year for rehabilitating famous buildings inside flood-prone areas.\u003c/p>\u003cp>The guidelines advocate keeping famous materials inside place when possible. But they don't list specific materials due to the lack of research on their flood resistance.\u003c/p>\u003cp>That's where the studies go nearer in.\u003c/p>\u003cp>A recent learning by the park work with every one other accompanied by Army Corps found that some famous materials, such while old-growth heart pine with every one other accompanied by cypress flooring, performed greatly better than sure varieties of modern lumber, Eggleston said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Those specific ground assemblies could exist dried for reuse following inappropriately namedsupposed "clean water" damage, Eggleston said. But they would probable need refinishing to remove "biological activity," such while mold with every one other accompanied by bacteria.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Pollard with every one other accompanied by Shackelford said they're hoping for an eventual shift inside practices that will save money for homeowners while well while taxpayers, who regularly foot the invoice following a greatest disaster.\u003c/p>\u003cp>In the meantime, flooding inside famous areas will only obtain worse from additional recurrent rainfall storms or additional strong hurricanes, said Chad Berginnis, administrative director of the Association of State Floodplain Managers.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"Think concerning our famous settlement patterns inside the country," Berginnis said. "On the coasts, we settled around water. Inland, we settled around water."\u003c/p>","alertLinkDateTime":null,"storyLayout":{},"reporters":[],"headlinePlacement":null,"relatedStoryEmbeds":[],"disableNativo":false}],"disclaimerText":null,"dividerColor":"#000000","expandedStoryCount":null,"feed":[],"headlineWidget":false,"hubPeekLinkText":null,"hubPeekTagId":null,"hubPeekTagName":null,"hubPeekCanonicalName":null,"hubPeekIsPr":null,"minimizedStoryCount":null,"tagObjs":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"Floods","name":"Floods","canonicalName":"floods","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-science","name":"Science","canonicalName":"science","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-lifestyle","name":"Lifestyle","canonicalName":"lifestyle","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-topnews","name":"AP Top News","canonicalName":"ap-top-news","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-usnews","name":"U.S. News","canonicalName":"us-news","isPr":false},{"id":"Florida","name":"Florida","canonicalName":"florida","isPr":false},{"id":"Historichomes","name":"Historic homes","canonicalName":"historic-homes","isPr":false},{"id":"Governmentregulations","name":"Government regulations","canonicalName":"government-regulations","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false},{"id":"HurricaneIan","name":"Hurricane Ian","canonicalName":"hurricane-ian","isPr":false}],"textColor":"#000000","layoutType":"null","customLayoutType":"null","styleName":null,"endDateTime":null,"teamLimit":25,"medalCounts":null,"medalsUpdated":null,"olympicYear":null,"notificationUrl":null,"notificationText":null,"notificationTitle":null,"notificationType":null,"notificationUpdated":null,"adUnits":{},"displayPositionHome":null,"displayPositionApp":null,"featuredCard":null,"publishedDate":"2022-10-09 11:59:54","enableTblRegion":false},{"id":"urn:publicid:ap.org:358096c1e7cbff4034015b81b6d86bb3","shortId":"urn:publicid:ap.org:358096c1e7cbff4034015b81b6d86bb3","allowAd":true,"borderColor":null,"brackets":null,"bracketsSettings":null,"cardTitle":null,"embedCardTitleColor":null,"cardHeadline":null,"cardType":"Wire Story","collectionTagObjs":null,"contents":[{"id":"urn:publicid:ap.org:358096c1e7cbff4034015b81b6d86bb3","shortId":"358096c1e7cbff4034015b81b6d86bb3","bylines":"By SETH BORENSTEIN","canonicalUrl":"hurricanes-science-storms-weather-national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","contentType":"text","disableConnatix":false,"downloadSettings":{},"embedCaption":null,"embedHeight":null,"embedHTML":null,"embedLinkURL":null,"firstWords":"\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-ron-desantis-storms-florida-weather-a775186161b80f6ce706c03fa04fe978\">Hurricane Ian\u003c/a> bore down on Florida, normally reliable computer forecast models couldn't concur on where the murderer tempest would land.\u003c/p>","hasTextOverlay":false,"headline":"AP EXPLAINS: How one computer forecast model botched Ian","description":null,"interactiveLinkUrl":null,"interactiveLinkUrlText":null,"language":"en","leadPhotoId":"ee6759b2acc742d38867786339a27605","leadVideoId":null,"localLinkUrl":"https://apnews.com/358096c1e7cbff4034015b81b6d86bb3","localMemberName":null,"media":[{"id":"ee6759b2acc742d38867786339a27605","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>FILE - Cars with every one other accompanied by debris from washed away homes dash a canal inside Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Oct. 5, 2022, one week following the transit of Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian confounded one answer computer forecast model, creating challenges for forecasters with every one other accompanied by Florida residents. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)\u003c/p>","order":0,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[3000,2000,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.49985807550383,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/ee6759b2acc742d38867786339a27605/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"FILE - Cars with every one other accompanied by debris from washed away homes dash a canal inside Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Oct. 5, 2022, one week following the transit of Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian confounded one answer computer forecast model, creating challenges for forecasters with every one other accompanied by Florida residents. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)","updated":"2022-10-09T00:18:56.211725","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Tropical Weather Computer Models","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"}],"audioMedia":[],"mediumIds":["ee6759b2acc742d38867786339a27605","549398dd4449439dbb5baa2345f605e3","b19e93d013ee4f49a9ec66710a9a7de0","44126ab43309490d983414e70cd0d346","9e022dc16a97497798e31795d77a1f28"],"mediaCount":5,"published":"2022-10-07 14:53:38","tagObjs":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-science","name":"Science","canonicalName":"science","isPr":false},{"id":"Florida","name":"Florida","canonicalName":"florida","isPr":false},{"id":"Storms","name":"Storms","canonicalName":"storms","isPr":false},{"id":"Weather","name":"Weather","canonicalName":"weather","isPr":false},{"id":"NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration","name":"National Oceanic with every one other accompanied by Atmospheric Administration","canonicalName":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false},{"id":"HurricaneIan","name":"Hurricane Ian","canonicalName":"hurricane-ian","isPr":false}],"tags":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-science","name":"Science","canonicalName":"science","isPr":false},{"id":"Florida","name":"Florida","canonicalName":"florida","isPr":false},{"id":"Storms","name":"Storms","canonicalName":"storms","isPr":false},{"id":"Weather","name":"Weather","canonicalName":"weather","isPr":false},{"id":"NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration","name":"National Oceanic with every one other accompanied by Atmospheric Administration","canonicalName":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false},{"id":"HurricaneIan","name":"Hurricane Ian","canonicalName":"hurricane-ian","isPr":false}],"updated":"2022-10-07 14:53:15","tagIds":["Hurricanes","apf-science","Weather","Storms","HurricaneIan","Florida","NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration","Climateandenvironment","apf-GeneralNews"],"title":"SCI--Tropical Weather--Computer Models","contentSponsor":null,"layoutType":"Small Photo","stackedStory":true,"notificationId":null,"eyebrow":null,"richEmbeds":[{"id":"afs:Card:646675285966","tag":null,"type":"Hub Peek","calloutText":null,"displayName":null,"leadHubLink":null,"richEmbedDetail":{"data":6,"rule":"seo","style":"Column List"},"isPermanentlyPlaced":true}],"sponsored":false,"contentBundle":null,"movieTitle":null,"immersiveUrl":null,"embedRatio":null,"embedType":null,"pullQuoteObjs":[],"dateline":null,"leadVideoAutoEmbed":false,"flattenedFirstWords":"As Hurricane Ian bore down on Florida, normally reliable computer forecast models couldn't concur on where the murderer tempest would land. But management meteorologists are now figuring not here what went w...","isTpContent":false,"socialEmbeds":[],"isPrContent":false,"storyHTML":"\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-ron-desantis-storms-florida-weather-a775186161b80f6ce706c03fa04fe978\">Hurricane Ian\u003c/a> bore down on Florida, normally reliable computer forecast models couldn't concur on where the murderer tempest would land. But management meteorologists are now figuring not here what went incorrect — with every one other accompanied by right.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Much of the forecasting difference seems to exist rooted inside cool Canadian air that had weakened a batch of sunny weather over the East Coast. That weakening would permit Ian to turn eastward to Southwest Florida while an alternative of northern with every one other accompanied by the occident to the Panhandle hundreds of miles away. \u003c/p>\u003cp>The greatest American computer forecast model -- one of some used by forecasters -- missed that with every one other accompanied by the mistake was "critical," a National Oceanic with every one other accompanied by Atmospheric Administration postmortem of computer forecast models determined Thursday.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"It's attractive understandable that mistake is extremely consequential," said former NOAA leader researcher Ryan Maue, now a private meteorologist who wasn't small portion of NOAA's postmortem. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Still, meteorologists didn't fail to hit all-inclusive accompanied by their official Hurricane Ian forecast. Ian's eventual southwestern Florida landfall was always within the "cone of uncertainty" of the National Hurricane Center's forecast track, although at times it was on the farthest edge.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>But it wasn't that simple. Computer forecast models, which weeks earlier had agreed on where \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/floods-storms-hurricanes-puerto-rico-tropical-01028dac6655ddb5b321f345cf9e9358\">Hurricane Fiona\u003c/a> was going, were hundreds of miles apart while Ian chugged into and not here of the Caribbean.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv id='afs:Card:646675285966' class='hub-peek-embed' content-id='358096c1e7cbff4034015b81b6d86bb3'>Hub peek embed (Hurricanes) - Compressed layout (automatic embed) \u003c/div>\u003cp>The normally reliable American computer model, which had performed better than some other model inside 2021 with every one other accompanied by was doing well earlier inside the year, kept forecasting a Florida Panhandle landfall while the European model -- lengthy a favorite of numerous meteorologists — with every one other accompanied by the British simulation were pointing to Tampa or farther south. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Trying to retain away from what meteorologists call the dreaded "windshield wiper effect" of theatrical hurricane footpath shifts, the official NOAA forecast stayed somewhere inside between. Tampa — accompanied by lots of people with every one other accompanied by land in danger to gigantic tempest surges — seemed to exist the center of possible landfalls, or flat worse fair south of the eye so it would obtain the biggest surge. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Although people's fears focused on Tampa, Ian didn't. \u003c/p>\u003cp>The tempest made landfall 89 miles (143 kilometers) to the south inside Cayo Costa. For a large storm, that's not a large difference with every one other accompanied by is within the 100-mile (161-kilometer) mistake bar NOAA sets. But since Tampa was northern of the nasty right-side of the hurricane eye, it was spared the biggest tempest surge with every one other accompanied by rainfall. \u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>People wondered why the worst didn't happen. There are meteorological, computer with every one other accompanied by communications reasons. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Overall, the European computer model performed best, the British one had the closest eventual Florida landfall nevertheless was excessively slow inside timing with every one other accompanied by the American model had the highest errors when it came to track, NOAA's Alicia Bentley said throughout the agency's postmortem. But the American model was the finest at getting Ian's ability right, she said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>University of Albany meteorology professor Brian Tang said he calculated the American model's signify track mistake throughout Ian at 325 miles (520 kilometers) five-days out, while the European model was closer to 220 miles (350 kilometers). \u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"A a large amount of what we observation inside the condition is when there are large misses with every one other accompanied by those large misses affect people inside populated areas," Tang said inside an interview. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Although this is technically not a miss, people who evacuated Tampa may believe it is since the Fort Myers area got the brunt of the storm.\u003c/p>\u003cp>In some ways people are spoiled since the signify track mistake inside hurricane forecasts have gotten so a a large amount of better. The three-day official forecast mistake was gash almost inside fifty per cent of over the last 10 years from 172 miles (278 kilometers) to 92 miles (148 kilometers), Tang said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>For years meteorologists touted the European model while better, since it uses additional observations, is additional complicated nevertheless too takes longer to sprint with every one other accompanied by comes not here subsequent than the American one, Tang said. The American model has improved following a large boost of NOAA spending, nevertheless so has the European one, he added. \u003c/p>\u003cp>The models use a similar physics formula to simulate what happens inside the atmosphere. They normally be contingent on on the same observations, additional or less. But where they differ is how all those observations are place into the computer models, what sort of uncertainties are added with every one other accompanied by the timing of when the simulation starts, said University of Miami's Brian McNoldy.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"You are guaranteed to extremity up differently," McNoldy said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>It's not a difficulty if the models show similar tracks. But if they are widely different, while throughout Ian, "that makes you nervous," he said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>People wrongly focus on funnel-like cone for where the hurricane is forecast to go while an alternative of what it will do inside specific locations, said MIT meteorology professor Kerry Emanuel. And inside the cone people only pay observation to the centre dash not the broader picture, so Emanuel with every one other accompanied by McNoldy want the dash dropped.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Another difficulty meteorologists speak is that the cone is only where the tempest is supposed to exist accompanied by a 100-mile (161-kilometer) mistake radius, nevertheless when storms are large exist fond of Ian, their impacts of rain, surge with every one other accompanied by high wind will easily hit external outside the cone.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"The cone was never intended to convey the real impacts. It was only intended to convey the tracks," said Gina Eosco, who heads a NOAA communal science program that tries to improve tempest communications. \u003c/p>\u003cp>So for the earliest time, NOAA surveyed Florida, Georgia with every one other accompanied by South Carolina residents earlier to Ian hit with every one other accompanied by will go nearer behind up following to see what risks the condition perceived from the media with every one other accompanied by management information. That will assist the agency resolve if it has to alter its warning messaging, Eosco said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>___\u003c/p>\u003cp>Follow AP's climate with every one other accompanied by environment coverage at \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment\">https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003cp>___\u003c/p>\u003cp>Follow Seth Borenstein on Twitter at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/borenbears\">@borenbears\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003cp>___\u003c/p>\u003cp>Associated Press climate with every one other accompanied by environmental coverage receives support from some private foundations. See additional concerning AP's climate enterprise \u003ca href=\"https://www.ap.org/press-releases/2022/ap-announces-sweeping-climate-journalism-initiative\">here\u003c/a>. The AP is solely in charge of for all content.\u003c/p>","alertLinkDateTime":null,"storyLayout":{},"reporters":[],"headlinePlacement":null,"relatedStoryEmbeds":[],"disableNativo":false}],"disclaimerText":null,"dividerColor":"#000000","expandedStoryCount":null,"feed":[],"headlineWidget":false,"hubPeekLinkText":null,"hubPeekTagId":null,"hubPeekTagName":null,"hubPeekCanonicalName":null,"hubPeekIsPr":null,"minimizedStoryCount":null,"tagObjs":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-science","name":"Science","canonicalName":"science","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-latinamerica","name":"Latin America","canonicalName":"latin-america","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-business","name":"Business","canonicalName":"business","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-usnews","name":"U.S. News","canonicalName":"us-news","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-WorldNews","name":"World News","canonicalName":"world-news","isPr":false},{"id":"Florida","name":"Florida","canonicalName":"florida","isPr":false},{"id":"Storms","name":"Storms","canonicalName":"storms","isPr":false},{"id":"Weather","name":"Weather","canonicalName":"weather","isPr":false},{"id":"NationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration","name":"National Oceanic with every one other accompanied by Atmospheric Administration","canonicalName":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false},{"id":"HurricaneIan","name":"Hurricane Ian","canonicalName":"hurricane-ian","isPr":false}],"textColor":"#000000","layoutType":"null","customLayoutType":"null","styleName":null,"endDateTime":null,"teamLimit":25,"medalCounts":null,"medalsUpdated":null,"olympicYear":null,"notificationUrl":null,"notificationText":null,"notificationTitle":null,"notificationType":null,"notificationUpdated":null,"adUnits":{},"displayPositionHome":null,"displayPositionApp":null,"featuredCard":null,"publishedDate":"2022-10-07 14:53:42","enableTblRegion":false},{"id":"urn:publicid:ap.org:a0f8ae23c01b58e3c20f38b2221e930d","shortId":"urn:publicid:ap.org:a0f8ae23c01b58e3c20f38b2221e930d","allowAd":true,"borderColor":null,"brackets":null,"bracketsSettings":null,"cardTitle":null,"embedCardTitleColor":null,"cardHeadline":null,"cardType":"Wire Story","collectionTagObjs":null,"contents":[{"id":"urn:publicid:ap.org:a0f8ae23c01b58e3c20f38b2221e930d","shortId":"a0f8ae23c01b58e3c20f38b2221e930d","bylines":null,"canonicalUrl":"caribbean-storms-central-america-guatemala-nicaragua","contentType":"text","disableConnatix":false,"downloadSettings":{},"embedCaption":null,"embedHeight":null,"embedHTML":null,"embedLinkURL":null,"firstWords":"\u003cp>GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Now a tropical depression, former Hurricane Julia drenched Guatemala with every one other accompanied by El Salvador accompanied by torrential rains Monday following it reemerged inside the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua.\u003c/p>","hasTextOverlay":false,"headline":"8 deceased while Julia drenches Central America accompanied by rainfall","description":null,"interactiveLinkUrl":null,"interactiveLinkUrlText":null,"language":"en","leadPhotoId":"2e1179e75c9d4e88b5fa67b02197cba6","leadVideoId":null,"localLinkUrl":"https://apnews.com/a0f8ae23c01b58e3c20f38b2221e930d","localMemberName":null,"media":[{"id":"2e1179e75c9d4e88b5fa67b02197cba6","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>A male stands external outside his house surrounded by floodwaters following Hurricane Julia swept into and not here of the area inside Bluefields, Nicaragua, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Hurricane Julia hit Nicaragua's centre Caribbean seaboard with every one other accompanied by dumped torrential rains across Central America earlier to reemerging over the Pacific while a tropical storm. (AP Photo/Inti Ocon)\u003c/p>","order":0,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[3000,2000,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.5,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/2e1179e75c9d4e88b5fa67b02197cba6/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"A male stands external outside his house surrounded by floodwaters following Hurricane Julia swept into and not here of the area inside Bluefields, Nicaragua, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Hurricane Julia hit Nicaragua's centre Caribbean seaboard with every one other accompanied by dumped torrential rains across Central America earlier to reemerging over the Pacific while a tropical storm. (AP Photo/Inti Ocon)","updated":"2022-10-10T16:54:16.727753","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Nicaragua Tropical Weather","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"}],"audioMedia":[],"mediumIds":["2e1179e75c9d4e88b5fa67b02197cba6","49bac5eb7a8447fc91ca5bb8d5e30121","00c91369bbcc4d0aafd2ea42e35b2af7"],"mediaCount":3,"published":"2022-10-10 14:59:09","tagObjs":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-latinamerica","name":"Latin America","canonicalName":"latin-america","isPr":false},{"id":"Honduras","name":"Honduras","canonicalName":"honduras","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-caribbean","name":"Caribbean","canonicalName":"caribbean","isPr":false},{"id":"Storms","name":"Storms","canonicalName":"storms","isPr":false},{"id":"CentralAmerica","name":"Central America","canonicalName":"central-america","isPr":false},{"id":"Guatemala","name":"Guatemala","canonicalName":"guatemala","isPr":false},{"id":"Nicaragua","name":"Nicaragua","canonicalName":"nicaragua","isPr":false},{"id":"ElSalvador","name":"El Salvador","canonicalName":"el-salvador","isPr":false},{"id":"Tropicaldepressions","name":"Tropical depressions","canonicalName":"tropical-depressions","isPr":false},{"id":"GuatemalaCity","name":"Guatemala City","canonicalName":"guatemala-city","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false}],"tags":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-latinamerica","name":"Latin America","canonicalName":"latin-america","isPr":false},{"id":"Honduras","name":"Honduras","canonicalName":"honduras","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-caribbean","name":"Caribbean","canonicalName":"caribbean","isPr":false},{"id":"Storms","name":"Storms","canonicalName":"storms","isPr":false},{"id":"CentralAmerica","name":"Central America","canonicalName":"central-america","isPr":false},{"id":"Guatemala","name":"Guatemala","canonicalName":"guatemala","isPr":false},{"id":"Nicaragua","name":"Nicaragua","canonicalName":"nicaragua","isPr":false},{"id":"ElSalvador","name":"El Salvador","canonicalName":"el-salvador","isPr":false},{"id":"Tropicaldepressions","name":"Tropical depressions","canonicalName":"tropical-depressions","isPr":false},{"id":"GuatemalaCity","name":"Guatemala City","canonicalName":"guatemala-city","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false}],"updated":"2022-10-10 16:53:59","tagIds":["Hurricanes","apf-latinamerica","Honduras","apf-caribbean","Storms","CentralAmerica","Guatemala","Nicaragua","ElSalvador","Tropicaldepressions","GuatemalaCity","Climateandenvironment","apf-GeneralNews"],"title":"LT--Tropical Weather","contentSponsor":null,"layoutType":"Small Photo","stackedStory":true,"notificationId":null,"eyebrow":null,"richEmbeds":[{"id":"afs:Card:646675285966","tag":null,"type":"Hub Peek","calloutText":null,"displayName":null,"leadHubLink":null,"richEmbedDetail":{"data":6,"rule":"seo","style":"Column List"},"isPermanentlyPlaced":true}],"sponsored":false,"contentBundle":null,"movieTitle":null,"immersiveUrl":null,"embedRatio":null,"embedType":null,"pullQuoteObjs":[],"dateline":null,"leadVideoAutoEmbed":false,"flattenedFirstWords":"GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Now a tropical depression, former Hurricane Julia drenched Guatemala with every one other accompanied by El Salvador accompanied by torrential rains Monday following it reemerged inside the Pacific following a pounding of Nic...","isTpContent":false,"socialEmbeds":[],"isPrContent":false,"storyHTML":"\u003cp>GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Now a tropical depression, former Hurricane Julia drenched Guatemala with every one other accompanied by El Salvador accompanied by torrential rains Monday following it reemerged inside the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Eight people were reported deceased while a straight or indirect consequence of the storm.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Police said set of two people died inside the eastern El Salvador town of Guatajiagua following heavy rains caused a barrier of their place of residence to collapse. Another male inside El Salvador with every one other accompanied by one inside Nicaragua died when trees fell on them.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Rivers overflowed their banks with every one other accompanied by El Salvador declared a condition of crisis with every one other accompanied by opened 80 tempest shelters.\u003c/p>\u003cp>In neighboring Honduras, a 22-year-old woman with every one other accompanied by a 30-year-old male died following they were swept away by currents, with every one other accompanied by set of two people died when their vessel swamped or capsized inside northern Honduras.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Julia hit Nicaragua's centre Caribbean seaboard early Sunday while a hurricane accompanied by greatest sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph) with every one other accompanied by survived the transit over the country's mountainous terrain, entering the Pacific late inside the day while a tropical storm..\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>By Monday, Julia had moved inland over Guatemala with every one other accompanied by its winds were down to 35 mph (60 kph).\u003c/p>\u003cp>The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Julia was centered concerning 35 miles (60 kilometers) east-northeast of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, with every one other accompanied by was moving west-northwest at 15 mph (24 kph).\u003c/p>\u003cdiv id='afs:Card:646675285966' class='hub-peek-embed' content-id='a0f8ae23c01b58e3c20f38b2221e930d'>Hub peek embed (Hurricanes) - Compressed layout (automatic embed) \u003c/div>\u003cp>The center said life-threatening flash floods with every one other accompanied by mudslides were possible across Central America with every one other accompanied by southern Mexico into and not here of Tuesday, accompanied by the tempest expected to convey while a a large amount of while 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rainfall inside isolated areas.\u003c/p>\u003cp>In Guatemala, set of two people were listed while lost with every one other accompanied by set of two were hospitalized, with every one other accompanied by concerning 1,300 people had to depart from their homes since of flooding with every one other accompanied by rising streams.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Julia was expected to dissipate subsequent Monday while it passes down the Guatemalan coast.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Colombia's national catastrophe agency reported Sunday that Julia blew the roofs off some houses with every one other accompanied by knocked over trees while it blasted past San Andres Island the orient of Nicaragua. There were no indeed immediate reports of fatalities\u003c/p>\u003cp>In Nicaragua, Vice President Rosario Murillo told TN8 television that 9,500 people had been evacuated to shelters.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Heavy rains with every one other accompanied by evacuations were too reported inside Panama, Honduras with every one other accompanied by Costa Rica, where some highways were closed due to the downpours. \u003c/p>","alertLinkDateTime":null,"storyLayout":{},"reporters":[],"headlinePlacement":null,"relatedStoryEmbeds":[],"disableNativo":false}],"disclaimerText":null,"dividerColor":null,"expandedStoryCount":null,"feed":[],"headlineWidget":false,"hubPeekLinkText":null,"hubPeekTagId":null,"hubPeekTagName":null,"hubPeekCanonicalName":null,"hubPeekIsPr":null,"minimizedStoryCount":null,"tagObjs":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-latinamerica","name":"Latin America","canonicalName":"latin-america","isPr":false},{"id":"Honduras","name":"Honduras","canonicalName":"honduras","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-caribbean","name":"Caribbean","canonicalName":"caribbean","isPr":false},{"id":"Storms","name":"Storms","canonicalName":"storms","isPr":false},{"id":"CentralAmerica","name":"Central America","canonicalName":"central-america","isPr":false},{"id":"Guatemala","name":"Guatemala","canonicalName":"guatemala","isPr":false},{"id":"Nicaragua","name":"Nicaragua","canonicalName":"nicaragua","isPr":false},{"id":"ElSalvador","name":"El Salvador","canonicalName":"el-salvador","isPr":false},{"id":"Tropicaldepressions","name":"Tropical depressions","canonicalName":"tropical-depressions","isPr":false},{"id":"GuatemalaCity","name":"Guatemala City","canonicalName":"guatemala-city","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false}],"textColor":null,"layoutType":null,"customLayoutType":null,"styleName":null,"endDateTime":null,"teamLimit":25,"medalCounts":null,"medalsUpdated":null,"olympicYear":null,"notificationUrl":null,"notificationText":null,"notificationTitle":null,"notificationType":null,"notificationUpdated":null,"adUnits":null,"displayPositionHome":null,"displayPositionApp":null,"featuredCard":null,"publishedDate":"2022-10-10 14:59:12","enableTblRegion":false}],"headlineWidget":false,"hubPeekLinkText":null,"hubPeekTagId":"Hurricanes","hubPeekTagName":"Hurricanes","hubPeekCanonicalName":"hurricanes","hubPeekIsPr":false,"minimizedStoryCount":null,"tagObjs":[],"textColor":"#000000","layoutType":"Column List","customLayoutType":null,"styleName":"Compressed","endDateTime":null,"teamLimit":25,"medalCounts":null,"medalsUpdated":null,"olympicYear":null,"notificationUrl":null,"notificationText":null,"notificationTitle":null,"notificationType":null,"notificationUpdated":null,"adUnits":null,"displayPositionHome":null,"displayPositionApp":null,"featuredCard":null,"publishedDate":"2022-10-03 14:26:13","enableTblRegion":false}},"loadedAt":{"afs:Card:646675285966-13b8c249c55ea8322ca49244138c8431":1665422466530},"expiration":120000},"content":{"loading":{},"error":{},"data":{"urn:publicid:ap.org:13b8c249c55ea8322ca49244138c8431":{"id":"urn:publicid:ap.org:13b8c249c55ea8322ca49244138c8431","shortId":"13b8c249c55ea8322ca49244138c8431","etag":"13b8c249c55ea8322ca49244138c8431_2a15aza0c0","bylines":"By JAY REEVES","contentType":"text","disableConnatix":false,"downloadSettings":{},"embedCaption":null,"embedHeight":null,"embedHTML":null,"embedLinkURL":null,"firstWords":"\u003cp>FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An armed force of 42,000 utility workers has restored power to additional than 2.5 million businesses with every one other accompanied by homes inside Florida since \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ian-live-updates-6302894797cae989ff855030cf332a97\">Hurricane Ian's\u003c/a> onslaught, with every one other accompanied by Brenda Palmer's place is among them.\u003c/p>","hasTextOverlay":false,"headline":"Search for victims done, Florida seaboard aims for Ian recovery","description":null,"interactiveLinkUrl":null,"interactiveLinkUrlText":null,"language":"en","leadPhotoId":"8a11414518a24f99928d838de074e8a5","leadVideoId":null,"localLinkUrl":"https://apnews.com/13b8c249c55ea8322ca49244138c8431","localMemberName":null,"media":[{"id":"8a11414518a24f99928d838de074e8a5","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>A male hauls debris away from a pizza eating place that was poorly damaged by Hurricane Ian at Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)\u003c/p>","order":0,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[1839,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.5,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/8a11414518a24f99928d838de074e8a5/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"A male hauls debris away from a pizza eating place that was poorly damaged by Hurricane Ian at Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)","updated":"2022-10-10T17:11:09.998965","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Hurricane Ian","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"},{"id":"cefff7ec389b4c51925c1c733bd751d3","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>In this aerial photo made inside a flying provided by mediccorps.org, harm from Hurricane Ian is seen on the causeway leading to Sanibel Island from Fort Myers, Fla., Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)\u003c/p>","order":1,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[3000,2000,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.49981252343457,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/cefff7ec389b4c51925c1c733bd751d3/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"In this aerial photo made inside a flying provided by mediccorps.org, harm from Hurricane Ian is seen on the causeway leading to Sanibel Island from Fort Myers, Fla., Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)","updated":"2022-10-10T17:11:10.475692","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Pictures of the Week-North America-Photo Gallery","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"},{"id":"63c5a5f72fab4e419efafa42804d687b","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>Workers understandable debris caused by harm inside Hurricane Ian, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, inside Matlacha inside Lee County, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)\u003c/p>","order":2,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[2000,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.50037509377344,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/63c5a5f72fab4e419efafa42804d687b/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"Workers understandable debris caused by harm inside Hurricane Ian, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, inside Matlacha inside Lee County, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)","updated":"2022-10-10T17:11:11.054365","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Tropical Weather Florida","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"},{"id":"131899efbf8442a497c12479acc4c9ba","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>Utility trucks are staged inside a rural a large amount inside The Villages of Sumter County, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Hurricane Ian fast intensified while it neared landfall down Florida's southwest seaboard Wednesday morning, gaining top winds of 155 mph (250 kph), fair bashful of the most dangerous Category 5 status. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)\u003c/p>","order":3,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[2000,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.50037509377344,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/131899efbf8442a497c12479acc4c9ba/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"Utility trucks are staged inside a rural a large amount inside The Villages of Sumter County, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Hurricane Ian fast intensified while it neared landfall down Florida's southwest seaboard Wednesday morning, gaining top winds of 155 mph (250 kph), fair bashful of the most dangerous Category 5 status. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)","updated":"2022-10-10T17:11:11.604929","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Tropical Weather ","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"},{"id":"a1a674ee3dd5487388c53813c8a6d54a","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>Jacqueline with every one other accompanied by Luther Marth talk over the effects of Hurricane Ian external outside their place of residence inside Fort Myers, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. With the greatest search for victims over, a large swath of Florida's southwest seaboard is settling inside for the lengthy slog of recovering from the storm. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)\u003c/p>","order":4,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[2000,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.35685210312076,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/a1a674ee3dd5487388c53813c8a6d54a/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"Jacqueline with every one other accompanied by Luther Marth talk over the effects of Hurricane Ian external outside their place of residence inside Fort Myers, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. With the greatest search for victims over, a large swath of Florida's southwest seaboard is settling inside for the lengthy slog of recovering from the storm. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)","updated":"2022-10-10T17:11:12.104153","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Hurricane Ian","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"},{"id":"301a04eea2bf4f5096d5d98a7e774313","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>A muddy American banner is draped over a chair external outside a flooded-out mobile place of residence at a retirement population inside Fort Myers, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)\u003c/p>","order":5,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[2000,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.43472022955524,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/301a04eea2bf4f5096d5d98a7e774313/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"A muddy American banner is draped over a chair external outside a flooded-out mobile place of residence at a retirement population inside Fort Myers, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)","updated":"2022-10-10T17:11:12.420124","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Hurricane Ian","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"},{"id":"485a104d8b3a4effbfb2f2c395c8d4c5","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>Susan Colby, 86, pauses external outside her mobile home, which was inundated accompanied by floodwaters from Hurricane Ian, inside Fort Myers, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. With the greatest search for victims over, a large swath of Florida's southwest seaboard is settling inside for the lengthy slog of recovering from the storm. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)\u003c/p>","order":6,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[2000,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.36425648021828,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/485a104d8b3a4effbfb2f2c395c8d4c5/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"Susan Colby, 86, pauses external outside her mobile home, which was inundated accompanied by floodwaters from Hurricane Ian, inside Fort Myers, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. With the greatest search for victims over, a large swath of Florida's southwest seaboard is settling inside for the lengthy slog of recovering from the storm. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)","updated":"2022-10-10T17:11:12.747734","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Hurricane Ian","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"},{"id":"db772ea2964d40ee83c32ef027269766","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>Ralph Palmer stands inside his flooded-out mobile place of residence inside Fort Myers, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. While the residence doesn't become visible destroyed from the outside, it reeks of mire with every one other accompanied by mold, with every one other accompanied by Palmer said it's probable a total loss. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)\u003c/p>","order":7,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[2000,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.48809523809524,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/db772ea2964d40ee83c32ef027269766/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"Ralph Palmer stands inside his flooded-out mobile place of residence inside Fort Myers, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. While the residence doesn't become visible destroyed from the outside, it reeks of mire with every one other accompanied by mold, with every one other accompanied by Palmer said it's probable a total loss. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)","updated":"2022-10-10T17:11:13.218477","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Hurricane Ian","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"},{"id":"436ed89269b3498593c998f9577af62e","type":"Photo","caption":"\u003cp>Brenda Palmer is surrounded by belongings from her mobile home, which filled accompanied by floodwaters from Hurricane Ian, inside Fort Myers, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. The ability is spine on, nevertheless Palmer said the hurricane wiped not here the residence she shares accompanied by her husband Ralph. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)\u003c/p>","order":8,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[2000,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.32538104705103,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/436ed89269b3498593c998f9577af62e/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"Brenda Palmer is surrounded by belongings from her mobile home, which filled accompanied by floodwaters from Hurricane Ian, inside Fort Myers, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. The ability is spine on, nevertheless Palmer said the hurricane wiped not here the residence she shares accompanied by her husband Ralph. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)","updated":"2022-10-10T17:11:13.925990","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false,"headline":"Hurricane Ian","jwMediaId":null,"jwVideoStatus":false,"isPlayer":"JW"}],"audioMedia":[],"mediumIds":["8a11414518a24f99928d838de074e8a5","cefff7ec389b4c51925c1c733bd751d3","63c5a5f72fab4e419efafa42804d687b","131899efbf8442a497c12479acc4c9ba","a1a674ee3dd5487388c53813c8a6d54a","301a04eea2bf4f5096d5d98a7e774313","485a104d8b3a4effbfb2f2c395c8d4c5","db772ea2964d40ee83c32ef027269766","436ed89269b3498593c998f9577af62e"],"mediaCount":9,"published":"2022-10-10 14:27:52","tagObjs":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-topnews","name":"AP Top News","canonicalName":"ap-top-news","isPr":false},{"id":"Florida","name":"Florida","canonicalName":"florida","isPr":false},{"id":"FortMyers","name":"Fort Myers","canonicalName":"fort-myers","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false},{"id":"HurricaneIan","name":"Hurricane Ian","canonicalName":"hurricane-ian","isPr":false}],"updated":"2022-10-10 17:05:41","tagIds":["Hurricanes","Florida","HurricaneIan","Climateandenvironment","apf-topnews","FortMyers","state-Florida","apf-GeneralNews"],"tags":[{"id":"Hurricanes","name":"Hurricanes","canonicalName":"hurricanes","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-topnews","name":"AP Top News","canonicalName":"ap-top-news","isPr":false},{"id":"Florida","name":"Florida","canonicalName":"florida","isPr":false},{"id":"FortMyers","name":"Fort Myers","canonicalName":"fort-myers","isPr":false},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false},{"id":"HurricaneIan","name":"Hurricane Ian","canonicalName":"hurricane-ian","isPr":false}],"title":"US--Hurricane Ian","contentSponsor":null,"layoutType":"Small Photo","stackedStory":true,"notificationId":null,"eyebrow":null,"richEmbeds":[{"id":"afs:Card:646675285966","tag":null,"type":"Hub Peek","calloutText":null,"displayName":null,"leadHubLink":null,"richEmbedDetail":{"data":6,"rule":"seo","style":"Column List"},"isPermanentlyPlaced":true}],"sponsored":false,"isProtected":false,"isBlocked":false,"seoTitle":null,"seoDescription":null,"contentClaimSchemaType":"Default","contentClaimSchema":{},"seoTitleUpdatedAt":null,"seoDescriptionUpdatedAt":null,"todayInHistory":null,"movieTitle":null,"immersiveUrl":null,"embedRatio":null,"embedType":null,"pullQuoteObjs":[],"dateline":null,"leadVideoAutoEmbed":false,"flattenedFirstWords":"FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An armed force of 42,000 utility workers has restored power to additional than 2.5 million businesses with every one other accompanied by homes inside Florida since Hurricane Ian's onslaught, with every one other accompanied by Brenda Palmer's plac...","isTpContent":false,"socialEmbeds":[],"isPrContent":false,"storyHTML":"\u003cp>FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An armed force of 42,000 utility workers has restored power to additional than 2.5 million businesses with every one other accompanied by homes inside Florida since \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ian-live-updates-6302894797cae989ff855030cf332a97\">Hurricane Ian's\u003c/a> onslaught, with every one other accompanied by Brenda Palmer's place is among them. By the government's count, she with every one other accompanied by her husband Ralph are small portion of a favourable consequence story.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Yet turning on the lights inside a wrecked mobile place of residence that's probable on the far side of repair with every one other accompanied by reeks of dried watercourse mire with every one other accompanied by mold isn't a a large amount of solace to people who lost a lifetime of labour inside a few hours of wind, rainfall with every one other accompanied by rising seawater. Sorting into and not here of soggy elderly photos of her kids inside the shaded ruins of her carport, Palmer couldn't assist nevertheless cry.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"Everybody says, 'You can't save everything, mom,'" she said. "You know, it's my life. It's MY life. It's gone."\u003c/p>\u003cp>With the greatest search for victims over with every one other accompanied by a large swath of Florida's southwest seaboard settling inside for the lengthy slog of recovering from a infrequent straight hit by a greatest \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/hurricanes\">hurricane\u003c/a>, residents are bracing for what will exist months, if not years, of work. Mourning lost heirlooms will exist hard; so will fights accompanied by indemnity companies with every one other accompanied by decisions concerning what to do next.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Around the curve from the Palmers inside Coach Light Manor, a retirement population of 179 mobile homes that was flooded by set of two creeks with every one other accompanied by a canal, a sad realization hit Susan Colby sometime in the centre of the earliest hour dated she saw her soggy place of residence following Ian with every one other accompanied by Sunday, when she was picking into and not here of its remains.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv id='afs:Card:646675285966' class='hub-peek-embed' content-id='13b8c249c55ea8322ca49244138c8431'>Hub peek embed (Hurricanes) - Compressed layout (automatic embed) \u003c/div>\u003cp>"I'm 86 years elderly with every one other accompanied by I'm homeless,\" she said. "It's fair crazy. I mean, never inside my existence did I fantasy that I wouldn't have a home. But it's gone."\u003c/p>\u003cp>Officials have blamed additional than 100 deaths, most of them inside southwest Florida, on \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-sports-florida-storms-hockey-2255908e8f06535efed37df8a21ad771\">Ian\u003c/a>, a strong Category 4 tempest accompanied by 155 mph (249 kph) winds. It was the third-deadliest tempest to hit the U.S. mainland this century behind Hurricane Katrina, which left-hand concerning 1,400 people dead, with every one other accompanied by Hurricane Sandy, which killed 233 in malice of weakening to a tropical tempest fair earlier to landfall.\u003c/p>\u003cp>At a makeshift memorial place up inside a downtown park down the Caloosahatchee River, Holly Harmon got tearful Monday while placing yellow roses beside photos of people lost to the storm. She said it was the earliest hour dated she'd been intelligent to pay someone a call since she had to remain for an inspector from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assess harm to her home.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"My heart is fair hurting for so numerous of the people we've known with every one other accompanied by grown accompanied by with every one other accompanied by each item they've lost," said Harmon, 27.\u003c/p>\u003cp>While Gov. Ron DeSantis has heaped lavish commend on his management for the early phases of the recovery, including getting running aqua with every one other accompanied by lights spine on with every one other accompanied by erecting a temporary bridge to Pine Island, a a large amount of additional remains to exist done. There are still mountains of debris to remove; it's firm to find a highway that isn't lined accompanied by waterlogged carpet, ruined furniture, moldy mattresses with every one other accompanied by pieces of homes. \u003c/p>\u003cp>On the highway to Estero Island, scene of the worst harm to Fort Myers Beach, workers are using heavy machines accompanied by enormous grapples to snatch debris not here of swampy areas with every one other accompanied by accumulation it into trucks. Boats of all sizes, from dinghies to enormous shrimpers with every one other accompanied by charter fishing vessels, chunk roads with every one other accompanied by sit atop buildings.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>DeSantis said at least some of the roadmap for the coming months inside southwest Florida may go nearer from the Florida Panhandle, where Category 5 Hurricane Michael wiped not here \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/north-america-us-news-ap-top-news-hurricane-michael-nc-state-wire-19fe7fb661d640cc95210d781f925ccb\">Mexico Beach\u003c/a> with every one other accompanied by a a large amount of of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-us-news-florida-hurricanes-north-america-99ec2bb7bf0143928f8c5f98eee8675b\">Panama City\u003c/a> inside 2018. Panama City leaders will exist brought inside to provide advice on the cleanup, DeSantis told a weekend report conference.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"They're going to go nearer down on the ground, they're going to inspect, with every one other accompanied by at that hour dated they've going to provide some advice to the local officials here inside Lee County, Fort Myers Beach with every one other accompanied by other places," DeSantis said. "You tin do what you want, you don't have to receive their advice. But I tell you that was a major, greatest effort."\u003c/p>\u003cp>In a neighbourhood filled of retirees, numerous of whom moved South to obtain away from the chill of Northern winters, Luther Marth worries that it strength exist additional difficult for some to recuperate from the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-health-mental-fort-myers-natural-disasters-434f72c8db042bf074fb10b313b553b6?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_03\">psychological effects\u003c/a> of Ian than the physical destruction. Two men inside their 70s by that hour dated have taken their own lives following seeing the destruction, officials said.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Fort Myers was sideswiped by \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/f83fd16087914cfb9ad96d8f7df01b5a\">Hurricane Irma\u003c/a> inside 2017, nevertheless Marth said that tempest was nothing exist fond of Ian, with every one other accompanied by the emotional toll will exist greater, mainly for older folks.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"I'm 88 years old. People my number of years struggle,\" said Marth, who counts himself with every one other accompanied by his spouse Jacqueline among the fortunate in malice of losing a automobile with every one other accompanied by thousands of dollars price of fishing gear, tools with every one other accompanied by additional when their garage filled accompanied by additional than 5 feet (1.52 meters) of water.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"If you got wiped not here financially you don't want to start over again, you don't have the will to start again," Marth said. \"So those are the people my heart breaks for."\u003c/p>","alertLinkDateTime":null,"storyLayout":{},"reporters":[],"reporterKeys":["afs:Reporter:607837347999"],"headlinePlacement":null,"relatedStoryEmbeds":[],"disableNativo":false,"canonicalUrl":"hurricanes-florida-fort-myers-climate-and-environment-hurricane-ian","urlUpdated":null,"redirection":{}}},"loadedAt":{"urn:publicid:ap.org:13b8c249c55ea8322ca49244138c8431":1665422465751},"expiration":7200000},"medium":{"loading":{},"error":{},"data":{"afs:Medium:751921853724":{"id":"afs:Medium:751921853724","type":"Photo","caption":null,"order":0,"imageMimeType":"image/png","imageFileExtension":".png","imageRenderedSizes":[700,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.55555555555556,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/afs:Medium:751921853724/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":null,"updated":"2021-09-29T09:24:16.741299","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false}},"loadedAt":{"afs:Medium:751921853724":1665422466123},"expiration":120000},"interactive":{"loading":{},"error":{},"data":{},"loadedAt":{},"expiration":120000},"navigation":{"loading":{"navigation":false},"error":{"navigation":null},"data":{"navigation":{"navigationTags":[{"id":"apf-usnews","name":"U.S. News","canonicalName":"us-news","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-WorldNews","name":"World News","canonicalName":"world-news","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-politics","name":"Politics","canonicalName":"politics","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-sports","name":"Sports","canonicalName":"sports","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-entertainment","name":"Entertainment","canonicalName":"entertainment","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-business","name":"Business","canonicalName":"business","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-technology","name":"Technology","canonicalName":"technology","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-Health","name":"Health","canonicalName":"health","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-science","name":"Science","canonicalName":"science","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-oddities","name":"Oddities","canonicalName":"oddities","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-lifestyle","name":"Lifestyle","canonicalName":"lifestyle","isPr":false},{"id":"Photography","name":"Photography","canonicalName":"photography","isPr":false},{"id":"apf-videos","name":"Videos","canonicalName":"videos","isPr":false}],"sectionsTags":[{"id":"apf-topnews","name":"AP Top News","canonicalName":"ap-top-news","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-usnews","name":"U.S. News","canonicalName":"us-news","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-WorldNews","name":"World News","canonicalName":"world-news","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[{"id":"apf-africa","name":"Africa","canonicalName":"africa","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-asiapac","name":"Asia Pacific","canonicalName":"asia-pacific","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"Australia","name":"Australia","canonicalName":"australia","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-europe","name":"Europe","canonicalName":"europe","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-latinamerica","name":"Latin America","canonicalName":"latin-america","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-mideast","name":"Middle East","canonicalName":"middle-east","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null}],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-politics","name":"Politics","canonicalName":"politics","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[{"id":"JoeBiden","name":"Joe Biden","canonicalName":"joe-biden","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":"President Biden"},{"id":"2022Midtermelections","name":"2022 Midterm elections","canonicalName":"2022-midterm-elections","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":"Midterm elections"},{"id":"UnitedStatesCongress","name":"United States Congress","canonicalName":"united-states-congress","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":"Congress"},{"id":"U.S.SupremeCourt","name":"U.S. Supreme Court","canonicalName":"us-supreme-court","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":"Supreme Court"}],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-sports","name":"Sports","canonicalName":"sports","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[{"id":"NFL","name":"NFL","canonicalName":"nfl","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":"NFL"},{"id":"Collegefootball","name":"College football","canonicalName":"college-football","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"MLB","name":"MLB","canonicalName":"mlb","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":"MLB Postseason"},{"id":"NBA","name":"NBA","canonicalName":"nba","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null}],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-entertainment","name":"Entertainment","canonicalName":"entertainment","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[{"id":"FilmReviews","name":"Film Reviews","canonicalName":"film-reviews","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"Movies","name":"Movies","canonicalName":"movies","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-Music","name":"Music","canonicalName":"music","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"Television","name":"Television","canonicalName":"television","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"Fashion","name":"Fashion","canonicalName":"fashion","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null}],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-business","name":"Business","canonicalName":"business","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[{"id":"Economy","name":"Economy","canonicalName":"economy","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":"U.S. economy"},{"id":"Financialmarkets","name":"Financial markets","canonicalName":"financial-markets","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null}],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-videos","name":"Videos","canonicalName":"videos","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-technology","name":"Technology","canonicalName":"technology","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-Health","name":"Health","canonicalName":"health","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[{"id":"Coronaviruspandemic","name":"COVID-19","canonicalName":"coronavirus-pandemic","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null}],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-science","name":"Science","canonicalName":"science","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"Climateandenvironment","name":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment","canonicalName":"climate-and-environment","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":"Climate with every one other accompanied by environment"},{"id":"APFactCheck","name":"AP Fact Check","canonicalName":"ap-fact-check","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-oddities","name":"Oddities","canonicalName":"oddities","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-lifestyle","name":"Lifestyle","canonicalName":"lifestyle","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"Photography","name":"Photography","canonicalName":"photography","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-religion","name":"Religion","canonicalName":"religion","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"apf-Travel","name":"Travel","canonicalName":"travel","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"press-releases","name":"Press Releases","canonicalName":"press-releases","isPr":false,"isClickable":true,"childTags":[],"navigationShortName":null}],"featuredTags":[{"id":"apf-trendingnews","name":"Trending News","canonicalName":"trending-news","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"Russia-Ukraine","name":"Russia-Ukraine war","canonicalName":"russia-ukraine","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":null},{"id":"2022Midtermelections","name":"2022 Midterm elections","canonicalName":"2022-midterm-elections","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":"Midterm elections"},{"id":"MLB","name":"MLB","canonicalName":"mlb","isPr":false,"navigationShortName":"MLB Postseason"}],"featuredContentLinks":[],"featuredLinks":[{"type":"tag","id":"apf-trendingnews","name":"Trending News","canonicalName":"trending-news","isPr":false},{"type":"tag","id":"Russia-Ukraine","name":"Russia-Ukraine war","canonicalName":"russia-ukraine","isPr":false},{"type":"tag","id":"2022Midtermelections","name":"2022 Midterm elections","canonicalName":"2022-midterm-elections","isPr":false},{"type":"tag","id":"MLB","name":"MLB","canonicalName":"mlb","isPr":false}]}},"loadedAt":{"navigation":1665422466427},"expiration":120000},"topics":{"ignoreClickOnElements":[],"opened":false},"radio":{"ignoreClickOnElements":[],"opened":false},"leaderboardAd":{"ignoreClickOnElements":[],"opened":false},"search":{"ignoreClickOnElements":[],"opened":false},"headerTitle":{},"shareImage":{"loading":{"share-image":false},"error":{"share-image":null},"data":{"share-image":{"id":"afs:Medium:751921853724","type":"Photo","caption":null,"order":0,"imageMimeType":"image/png","imageFileExtension":".png","imageRenderedSizes":[700,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.55555555555556,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/afs:Medium:751921853724/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":null,"updated":"2021-09-29T09:24:16.741299","alignment":null,"videoMimeType":null,"videoFileExtension":null,"videoRenderedSizes":[],"externalId":null,"audioMimeType":null,"audioFileExtension":null,"title":null,"noEmbedCaption":false}},"loadedAt":{"share-image":1665422466123},"hasImage":true,"expiration":120000},"globalSettings":{"loading":{"globalSettings":false},"error":{"globalSettings":null},"data":{"globalSettings":{"adAppSettings":{"id":5,"minimumVersion":"1.0","device":"web","fbMarketingSdk":true,"flurrySdk":true,"taboolaSdk":true,"universalAdSpendTrackerSdk":false,"sponsorContentAds":true,"sponsorContentMobilePositions":[10],"bannerAds":true,"bannerAutoRefreshInterval":30,"bannerSwipeRefreshInterval":15,"interstitialAds":false,"interstitialImpressionInterval":15,"interstitialLoadFrequency":15,"videoAds":true,"videoFirstPlay":2,"videoPlayInterval":2,"savedStoriesPosition":16,"dfpAdUnitId":null,"sponsorContentWebPosition":0,"feedAdsPositions":[3,10,17,24,31],"nativoAdPositions":[5,13,21,29,37],"nativoHubPageAdPositionsMap":{"1127210":5,"1127211":13,"1127212":21,"1127213":29,"1127214":37},"nativoHomePageAdPositionsMap":{"991390":5,"1123182":13,"1123183":21,"1123184":29,"1123185":37}},"mobileAdAppSettings":{"android":{"id":4,"minimumVersion":"5.0","device":"phone","fbMarketingSdk":true,"flurrySdk":true,"taboolaSdk":true,"universalAdSpendTrackerSdk":false,"sponsorContentAds":true,"sponsorContentMobilePositions":[10],"bannerAds":true,"bannerAutoRefreshInterval":30,"bannerSwipeRefreshInterval":5,"interstitialAds":false,"interstitialImpressionInterval":15,"interstitialLoadFrequency":15,"videoAds":false,"videoFirstPlay":2,"videoPlayInterval":2,"savedStoriesPosition":16,"dfpAdUnitId":"/15786418/APNews/app/MobileBottomBanner","sponsorContentWebPosition":10,"feedAdsPositions":[5,13,21,29,37,45],"nativoAdPositions":[8,16,25,33,41],"nativoHubPageAdPositionsMap":{},"nativoHomePageAdPositionsMap":{}},"ios":{"id":3,"minimumVersion":"2.5.1","device":"iphone","fbMarketingSdk":true,"flurrySdk":true,"taboolaSdk":true,"universalAdSpendTrackerSdk":false,"sponsorContentAds":true,"sponsorContentMobilePositions":[10],"bannerAds":true,"bannerAutoRefreshInterval":30,"bannerSwipeRefreshInterval":5,"interstitialAds":false,"interstitialImpressionInterval":15,"interstitialLoadFrequency":15,"videoAds":false,"videoFirstPlay":2,"videoPlayInterval":2,"savedStoriesPosition":16,"dfpAdUnitId":"/15786418/APNews/app/MobileBottomBanner","sponsorContentWebPosition":0,"feedAdsPositions":[5,13,21,29,37,45],"nativoAdPositions":[8,16,25,33,41],"nativoHubPageAdPositionsMap":{},"nativoHomePageAdPositionsMap":{}},"iphone":{"id":3,"minimumVersion":"2.5.1","device":"iphone","fbMarketingSdk":true,"flurrySdk":true,"taboolaSdk":true,"universalAdSpendTrackerSdk":false,"sponsorContentAds":true,"sponsorContentMobilePositions":[10],"bannerAds":true,"bannerAutoRefreshInterval":30,"bannerSwipeRefreshInterval":5,"interstitialAds":false,"interstitialImpressionInterval":15,"interstitialLoadFrequency":15,"videoAds":false,"videoFirstPlay":2,"videoPlayInterval":2,"savedStoriesPosition":16,"dfpAdUnitId":"/15786418/APNews/app/MobileBottomBanner","sponsorContentWebPosition":0,"feedAdsPositions":[5,13,21,29,37,45],"nativoAdPositions":[8,16,25,33,41],"nativoHubPageAdPositionsMap":{},"nativoHomePageAdPositionsMap":{}},"ipad":{"id":1,"minimumVersion":"2.5.1","device":"ipad","fbMarketingSdk":true,"flurrySdk":true,"taboolaSdk":true,"universalAdSpendTrackerSdk":false,"sponsorContentAds":true,"sponsorContentMobilePositions":[10],"bannerAds":true,"bannerAutoRefreshInterval":30,"bannerSwipeRefreshInterval":5,"interstitialAds":false,"interstitialImpressionInterval":15,"interstitialLoadFrequency":15,"videoAds":false,"videoFirstPlay":2,"videoPlayInterval":2,"savedStoriesPosition":16,"dfpAdUnitId":"/15786418/APNews/app/MobileBottomBanner","sponsorContentWebPosition":10,"feedAdsPositions":[5,13,21,29,37,45],"nativoAdPositions":[8,16,25,33,41],"nativoHubPageAdPositionsMap":{},"nativoHomePageAdPositionsMap":{}},"tablet":{"id":2,"minimumVersion":"5.15","device":"tablet","fbMarketingSdk":true,"flurrySdk":true,"taboolaSdk":true,"universalAdSpendTrackerSdk":false,"sponsorContentAds":true,"sponsorContentMobilePositions":[10],"bannerAds":true,"bannerAutoRefreshInterval":30,"bannerSwipeRefreshInterval":5,"interstitialAds":false,"interstitialImpressionInterval":15,"interstitialLoadFrequency":15,"videoAds":false,"videoFirstPlay":2,"videoPlayInterval":2,"savedStoriesPosition":16,"dfpAdUnitId":"/15786418/APNews/app/MobileBottomBanner","sponsorContentWebPosition":10,"feedAdsPositions":[5,13,21,29,37,45],"nativoAdPositions":[5,13,21,29,37,45],"nativoHubPageAdPositionsMap":{},"nativoHomePageAdPositionsMap":{}}},"radioURL":"https://apnews.streamguys1.com/apnews","defaultSeoValues":{"homepageSeoTitle":"Associated Press News: Breaking News | Latest News Today","homepageSeoDescription":"Stay informed with every one other accompanied by read the latest report today from The Associated Press, the definitive spring for self-governing journalism from every one curve of the globe.","hubpageSiteDescription":"Stay informed with every one other accompanied by read the latest report today from The Associated Press, the definitive spring for self-governing journalism from every one curve of the globe."},"tags":{"topNews":{"id":"apf-topnews","name":"AP Top News","canonicalName":"ap-top-news"}},"newsLetterSignup":false,"usableNet":true,"signUpCTA":"Get AP News stories every one morning","successfulSignUp":"Thank you for signing up","showLeaderboardAdMs":10,"showLeaderboardMobileAdMs":1000,"prebid":"Sovrn","leaderboardAdPosition":"above lead card","isJWPlayerEnabled":true,"jwPlayerIdHub":"mD2v2D5b","jwPlayerIdArticle":"oOPvcXwU"}},"loadedAt":{"globalSettings":1665422465841},"expiration":120000},"device":{},"origin":"https://apnews.com"} window['titanium-cacheConfig'] = {"ignoreCache":false}[0,4,13,1,2,51,50,17]{"namedChunks":["Content-Content","WireStory-WireStory","Typography","FeedCard-HubPeek-HubPeekAsync"]}

Search for victims done, Florida seaboard aims for Ian recovery