Derelict buildings may impact FEMA flood insurance discount on Fort Myers Beach

It’s been three years since Hurricane Ian slammed Fort Myers Beach, and destroyed homes and buildings are still scattered across the island.

Fox 4’s Fort Myers Beach Community Correspondent Austin Schargorodski works in the area every day and passes by these places too, so he wanted to get an update on what’s being done to remove them.

Watch to hear what the town said is being done about homes and why it matters to people living here:

FMB pushes to clear hundreds of derelict buildings still left by Hurricane Ian

Many of the buildings hold a lot of happy memories for families. For others, it’s a different kind of feeling…

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