Hurricane Ian (2022)

​​The holiday of Sukkot was coming to an end, but Rabbi Yanky Majesky of Chabad of North Orlando couldn’t shake off the concern he had for John and Marylou Klein, a senior couple who were still trapped in their home, surrounded by dangerous post-hurricane...

Chabad-Lubavitch centers in cities and towns on the Gulf Coast hardest hit by Hurricane Ian are constructing large communal sukkahs where more than a thousand guests are expected to gather during the seven-day holiday. At Chabad of Naples, the preschool o...

VENICE, Fla.—Even as the aid efforts continue and the rebuilding work begins for those whose lives were uprooted by Hurricane Ian a little more than a week ago, Jewish life has not stopped at Chabad of Venice, Fla.—bringing a much-needed sense of normalcy...

In Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda, Fla., you’ll find the roofs of homes strewn along the streets, cars tossed around like toys and fallen trees perched on houses and power lines. Six days after the storm, power is still out almost everywhere; cellphone co...

In one short, horrific moment last week, Sasha Greto lost her home and everything in it to Hurricane Ian. A violent storm surge submerged her neighborhood in Venice, Fla., and brought five feet of water into her house. There was no salvaging; the water di...

The devastation caused by Hurricane Ian has extended far beyond Florida’s Gulf Coast. When Rabbi Yosef Konikov of Chabad-Lubavitch of South Orlando learned that a family of four was trapped on the second floor of their home in Kissimmee, just south of Orl...

Thousands of residents of Southwest Florida remained trapped in their flooded homes and 2.6 million people throughout the state were still without power more than 24 hours after Hurricane Ian made landfall near Fort Myers. It was one of the most powerful ...

As the terrifying and potentially catastrophic Category 4 Hurricane Ian crashed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday afternoon with winds of more than 150 miles per hour and storm surges of 18 feet or more, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries reached out to res...