FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Florida barrier islands were hit the worst by Hurricane Ian as teams are still working to survey the damage and conduct search and rescues.
Fort Myers Beach Mayor Ray Murphy spoke with ABC News Live's Linsey Davis Tuesday night to discuss the latest updates.What is going on the ground right now? What's the first step in recovery at this point?Well, the first step, of course, is finishing this search and rescue. As soon as they get done with that, we can go in and start hauling off the debris and getting our utilities back up and so forth. So, there's a lot else going on simultaneously with the search and rescue.
We're going to need assistance from our partners on the federal level. And I think I can count on the president to help us out down here.MURPHY: Well, I envision it with the rebuilds. People building up to today's codes and the building stock being so much better. You can still have the same type of architecture and beachy cottages and all that sort of thing, but you just have to build them strong. All of the newer houses that have been built on the beach over the years, all the concrete homes, they did exactly what they were supposed to do. The water rushed through the bottom, blew it out, and the houses remain standing.
So that's how the beach, any barrier islands for that matter, has to rebuild. If you're going to live on the coastal barrier island, you have to build. You have to build so the buildings will stand. And so, I foresee a great future for the beach. Know people will always want to come to beachfront property and there's a certain amount of the population, no matter what happens, they'll come back to barrier islands.
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