Article 648VF ‘Our entire community is wiped out’: low-income Americans likely to be hit hardest by Hurricane Ian

‘Our entire community is wiped out’: low-income Americans likely to be hit hardest by Hurricane Ian

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Michael Sainato in Naples, Florida
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After the storm knocked out power and destroyed property, people scramble for shelter, funds and news of the missing

For Connie Irvin, 82, and her partner, Cheryl Lange, the cost of Hurricane Ian's devastating tear across Florida was clear. Our entire community is wiped out," said Irvin.

The pair lost their mobile home on Sanibel Island off the state's west coast and are now homeless, staying in a motel inland about 35 miles away near Naples, Florida, that currently has no electricity.

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