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residents of sanibel island today will be able to return to see what is left of their homes. residents have to access that barrier island now by boat. it remains cut off from the mainland. ian ripped apart a causeway. cnn s layla santiago just arrived a few moments ago and is able to file this report. reporter: this is west gulf drive, one of the main streets here on sanibel island. it s also a place where the residents tell me was the worst hit. this is now a street that s lined with debris. can you see straight into homes and see personal belongings everywhere. you also have part of a roof that is sitting on the side of the street. to make the point of exactly how powerful this storm was, residents tell me that this was actually across the street. now you can see straight in what was once a kitchen, a family room, no longer here. the equipment and refrigerator now partially on the the door. not much left to be salvaged. i believe we have leyla you want live. what ....
Likely weeks? months? reporter: yeah, that s that s an excellent question, because the residents that are here now, erica, they have a pass to get in. that allows them to come in today. that means they have to go back out tomorrow. every single person here will also tell you they have been touch by how many people have reached out to say, are you okay? what do you need? how can i help you? they re really hoping that the government officials announced a few days ago they are working on some temporary fix to the causeway, because the bridge there is just completely collapsed. we showed you that yesterday. so they re really hoping that some sort of temporary fix will allow them to get in here to do more of the cleanup than just a day here at a time. many of these are planning to go back and forth as many days as they can. mike, the jae who had been to be rescued, that s hi plan. he said to me that he feels it s ....