Hurricane Ian Impacts

Videography by Tiffany Briggs, Ph.D., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

This is part of study to assess damage from Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm that hit Florida's Estero Island in September 2022. The study identified 2,427 affected buildings, with 170 experiencing severe damage, totaling more $200 million. The hardest-hit areas were primarily single-family and multi-family residences in the central and northern parts of the island. By employing advanced technology of aerial imagery and airborne LiDAR, enabled us to collect extensive data from Hurricane Ian's aftermath and analyze large-scale datasets rather quickly.