Bruce Hickey, 70, one week after Hurricane Ian tore through his community in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. There were relatively few storms in the Atlantic over the summer, but the 2022 hurricane season was nonetheless one of the most destructive on record. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption
Hurricane Ian cause wide spread flooding when it dumped rain across Florida in September. A preliminary analysis found that Ian dumped at least 10% more rain because of climate change. Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinal/Tribune News Service via Getty hide caption
In this aerial photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, damage from Hurricane Ian is seen on the causeway leading to Sanibel Island from Fort Myers, Fla., on Sept. 30. The causeway has reopened with temporary repairs. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
A man tows a canoe through a flooded street of his neighborhood in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., last month. Vibrio vulnificus thrives in warm, brackish floodwaters. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Royal palm trees line both sides of McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers for miles. Nearly all of the trees survived Hurricane Ian. Saul Martinez for NPR hide caption
Cliff Coddington inspects a young orange tree that's been uprooted by Hurricane Ian on a ranch he runs in Sarasota County, Fla. Saul Martinez for NPR hide caption
In this photo shot with a drone, shrimp boats lie grounded atop what was a mobile home park following the passage of Hurricane Ian on San Carlos Island in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Oct. 7. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption
Eastbound traffic crowds Interstate 275 as people evacuate before the arrival of Hurricane Ian in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 27. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ricaltini's Restaurant damaged by Hurricane Ian in Englewood, Fla. on October 6, 2022. Saul Martinez/for NPR hide caption
Alva Sulaty points to the damage in her home in North Port, Fla., on Wednesday, after Hurricane Ian flooded her neighborhood. Carlos Osorio for NPR hide caption
At night at Babcock Ranch, electricity generation switches from solar power to natural gas. Carlos Osorio for NPR hide caption
Debbie Lewis and Diana Bisson, partners of 43 years, stand in the kitchen of what remains of their home in the Flamingo Bay neighborhood on Pine Island, Fla., on Monday. They are planning to leave the island as soon as the road out is passable. Carlos Osorio for NPR hide caption
Humane Society Naples CEO Sarah Baeckler (center holding crate) helps load cats aboard a plane in Naples, Fla., on Monday. The group is getting ready for "an influx of surrendered animals" from Hurricane Ian, she says. Scott Neuman/NPR hide caption
Part of a destroyed mobile home park is pictured in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Florida on September 30, 2022. GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ta'Wan Grant and Lexxus Cherry in the front yard of their home in the Dunbar neighborhood of Fort Myers, Fla., on Sunday. Carlos Osorio for NPR hide caption
Francie Pucin stands near her home at the Palmetto Palms RV Resort in Fort Myers, Fla., on Saturday. She moved to the state from Illinois, expecting better weather. Quil Lawrence/NPR hide caption
A Rolls Royce swept into the mangroves in Bonita Springs, south of Cape Coral, on Sept. 30, 2022. Scott Neuman/NPR hide caption
Water floods a damaged trailer park in Fort Myers, Fla., on Saturday after Hurricane Ian passed by the area. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Residents begin to return to their home following Hurricane Ian on October 1, 2022 in Pawleys Island, S.C. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
In this aerial photo taken in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on Thursday, parts of the Sanibel Causeway are washed away along with sections of the bridge. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
People in Bacuranao, Cuba, protest on Friday, asking for the restoration of the electrical service that collapsed due to the devastation of Hurricane Ian. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption
A vehicle is driven down a flooded street in Charleston, S.C., as rain from Hurricane Ian drenches the city on Friday. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Diana Bisson looks out from her kitchen in her home in the Flamingo Bay neighborhood in Pine Island Island, Fla., on Monday, after Hurricane Ian ravaged the area. Carlos Osorio for NPR hide caption
Wind gusts blow across Sarasota Bay as Hurricane Ian churns to the south on Wednesday in Sarasota, Fla. Sean Rayford/Getty Images hide caption