Hurricane Ian swept through Florida earlier this month, leaving many without power and severely damaging communities. Someone has to help rebuild after such a disaster, and who is stepping up to the plate? Migrant workers. Migrants, both documented and undocumented, make up a large portion of Florida’s blue-collar jobs. You’ll see them in a construction.
The historic storm prompted the city to invest millions in property protection. Then Hurricane Ida showed how vulnerable homeowners and renters really are to flash flooding.
Twelve days after Hurricane Ian struck southwest Florida with 150 mile per hour winds and a massive storm surge, stories of what happened to both the survivors and victims expose the criminal negligence of the government in failing to protect the public from deadly storms.