PHOTO GALLERY: South Cape
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Top Hat Classic Tattoo on Southeast 47th Terrace lost its roof and its newly-repaired roof-top air unit to Hurricane Ian. Tylan Reynolds works to secure a tarp topside while owners Michelle and Chad Clark work bottom side to secure their business Wednesday morning.
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Steven Lane, owner of Cape Life Apparel, push-brooms water from inside the building he shares on Cape Coral Parkway. He store was "not too bad" but he did not want water from a shared hallway to seep inside Wednesday.
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Big John Town Center businesses were in cleanup mode on Wednesday.
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Downed trees lined Southeast 47th Terrace and Cape Coral Parkway Wednesday. This uprooted behemoth lay near Desai Dental Studio on Southeast 47th Terrace about a block off Del Prado Boulevard.
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Trees uprooted by Hurricane Ian damaged sidewalks along Southeast 47th Terrace and Cape Coral Parkway.
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Cape icon Big John remained standing.
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Broken trees and branches littered Cape Coral Parkway early Wednesday morning.
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Downed trees lay along along Southeast 47th Terrace and Cape Coral Parkway on Wednesday.
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Trees uprooted by Hurricane Ian damaged sidewalks along Southeast 47th Terrace and Cape Coral Parkway.
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Construction debris, included twists of metal and roofing components littered South Cape parking lots and roadways early Wednesday morning.
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Winn-Dixie off Cape Coral Parkway.
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Buildings throughout the South Cape incurred varying degrees of damage from Hurricane Ian on Wednesday, leaving Cape Coral Parkway, Southeast 47th Terrace and nearby streets strewn with construction debris, fallen trees, branches and a carpet of leaves and other vegetation stripped by high winds. Uprooted trees left sidewalks and curbing broken and blocked portions of the area’s roadways.