SUN FILE PHOTO When Venice residents awoke the day after Hurricane Ian hit, they were met with this scene of the mainstage area of Venice Theatre blown away. But the residents rallied, and large renovations are underway, with more to come.
SUN FILE PHOTO With a little help, Corey Steinfath, owner of A-1 Collision in Englewood, has worked every day after Hurricane Ian to remove debris from his demolished building.
Bob Menchaca, a six-year resident on Myakka Drive, talks about his the 18 inches of floodwaters that devastated his home near North Port after the destruction of Hurricane Ian.
Inside the theater of the Historic Heard Opera House. The opera house and community center suffered significant damage during Hurricane Ian, including losing the main wall behind the second story theater.
Mobile homes were destroyed throughout Holiday Park in North Port by Hurricane Ian, as shown in this photo taken Oct. 4, 2022.
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Hurricane Ian in the Gulf of Mexico before it slammed into the Florida coast in Sept. 2022.
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SUN FILE PHOTO When Venice residents awoke the day after Hurricane Ian hit, they were met with this scene of the mainstage area of Venice Theatre blown away. But the residents rallied, and large renovations are underway, with more to come.
Marie Merchant
SUN FILE PHOTO With a little help, Corey Steinfath, owner of A-1 Collision in Englewood, has worked every day after Hurricane Ian to remove debris from his demolished building.
Snook Haven Restaurant, coined as having an Old Florida feel, was submerged in water as the Myakka River flooded after Hurricane Ian.
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Bob Menchaca, a six-year resident on Myakka Drive, talks about his the 18 inches of floodwaters that devastated his home near North Port after the destruction of Hurricane Ian.
Marie Merchant
SUN FILE PHOTO
Inside the theater of the Historic Heard Opera House. The opera house and community center suffered significant damage during Hurricane Ian, including losing the main wall behind the second story theater.
SUN PHOTO BY SCOTT LAWSON The BMO office building in Murdock sustained heavy damage to its windows during Hurricane Ian that came through the region.
sun photo by Chris Tilley Heron Creek Middle School was one of the most damaged facilities of Sarasota County Schools during Hurricane Ian.
Estimated insured losses from 2022ÃÛ·èÖ±²¥ Hurricane Ian have neared $21.4 billion, with about 6 percent of claims remaining open, according to data posted this week on the state Office of insurance Regulation website.
The data showed $21.386 billion in estimated insured losses and 776,941 reported claims. The vast majority of claims, 558,299, involved residential property, with others for such things as auto damage.
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