Hurricane Ian

Hordes of mosquitoes have proliferated in Ian's floodwaters. Planes are dropping pesticide over hundreds of thousands of acres to control the insects.

“I’m getting panic attacks. I’m crying a lot. I’m angry. I’m everything. The not knowing is killing me,” said a woman whose father has not been heard from since the storm.

The causeway, which links Sanibel Island to the Florida mainland, “is our lifeline. It means everything to get it back,” one lifelong resident said.

The wrecking of the Hideaway Village motel, pieced together through interviews with survivors, reveals how the storm’s death count could have easily been much higher than 135 people, according to an NBC News tally.

A second ticket was sold in San Jose, California. The winners will split the prize for about $247 million each.

Residents on Sanibel Island, a small coastal community outside Fort Myers, suffered a direct hit. A lack of insurance could prove life-altering for them and many other Floridians.

"I don’t know if one could be without the other," Lachera Burrowes said about her sons.

Crucial to rebuilding communities after natural disasters, they are increasingly subject to exploitation and even human trafficking, advocates say.

Investigators have pinned more than 100 deaths on the historic storm that devastated southwest Florida.

Some Florida residents had difficulty accessing medications and health care in the wake of the storm.

Hurricane Ian devastated parts of southwest and central Florida that have experienced rapid Latino growth — including Puerto Ricans who had lost everything to Hurricane Maria five years ago.