One year after Hurricane Ian drowned homes and businesses, displacing residents, some are still living in disarray and disrepair while waiting for government aid and insurance companies to help them restore order to their structures and lives. Ian, which made landfall Sept. 28 in Lee County as a Category 4 hurricane, had weakened to a tropical storm by the next day when it arrived in Central .
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As Tropical Storm Ian’s waters rose relentlessly inside Omayra Ramos’ first-floor apartment, seeping in through a slider door, then bubbling up from the toilet and tub, and finally bursting through a bedroom wall, so did terror in the 38-year-old disabled woman.