Photo courtesy of Nelle Jurgeleit-Green.
Nelle Jurgeleit-Green’s debris pile next to her trailer.

Residents with connections to Florida barrier islands hit hardest by Hurricane Ian say water damage will be compounded by mildew and mold that is likely to ruin much of what wasn’t swept away by the storm.

Norman Hughes spends some of his winters at a friend’s family cottage on North Captiva Island, about 20 miles west of Fort Meyers, one of the…