*EDS.: RETRANSMISSION OF XNYT50 SENT SEPT. 29, 2022, TO CORRECT DATELINE TO FORT MYERS BEACH** Destruction from Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Ian barreled across the Florida peninsula early Thursday, with officials still assessing the damage but warning that the storm could set flooding records and go down as one of the worst storms to ever hit the state. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times) (HILARY SWIFT)
A person kayaks down the flooded A1A highway in St. Augustine, as Ian, now a tropical storm, passed through northeastern Florida on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Ian barreled across the Florida peninsula early Thursday, with officials still assessing the damage but warning that the storm could set flooding records and go down as one of the worst to ever hit the state. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times) (Nicole Craine)
Destruction from Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Ian barreled across the Florida peninsula early Thursday, with officials still assessing the damage but warning that the storm could set flooding records and go down as one of the worst storms to ever hit the state. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times) (HILARY SWIFT)
Utility crews are staged at Tropicana Field in downtown St. Petersburg, Fla. after Hurricane Ian tore through Florida on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Ian barreled across the Florida peninsula early Thursday, with officials still assessing the damage but warning that the storm could set flooding records and go down as one of the worst storms to ever hit the state. (Bob Croslin/The New York Times) (BOB CROSLIN)
A man pulls his boat down the flooded A1A highway in St. Augustine, as Ian, now a tropical storm, passed through northeastern Florida on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Ian barreled across the Florida peninsula early Thursday, with officials still assessing the damage but warning that the storm could set flooding records and go down as one of the worst to ever hit the state. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times) (Nicole Craine)