HURRICANE IAN: Aerial Photos Show Before And After Damage Along the Florida Coast

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These spectacular images have been gathered together by the US National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration that show the before and after shots of the damage caused by Hurricane Ian.

The Hurricane made landfall in Florida at the end of September when it was categorised as a category four storm after earlier laying waste to Cuba.

Governor Ron DeSantis described it as a once-in 500-year flood that impacted the whole state and left millions of people without power.

As the images show it is also in some areas led to the complete destruction of large swathes of coastal towns and properties.

It also reportedly claimed more than a hundred lives as a direct result of the storm.

The NOAA images captured the images to help with damage estimates as a grim tally of the destruction slowly starts to take place.

Most of the damage caused was in southwest Florida which was the worst hit from flooding, caused by storm surges and rainfall.

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