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Cape Coral residents are dealing with limited food and water supplies after Hurricane Ian devastated the area.

Did you ever wonder how “they” come up with a complicated estimate of something, like the tons of debris create by Hurricane Ian, which hit Lee County as a Category 4 tropical cyclone Sept. 28?A Lake Mary-based company helping to compile that figure is in a hiring blitz, turning Hurricane Ian into an opportunity to earn as much as $1,300 a week.Call the position a Post-Cyclonic Rubbish Removal Quality Control Specialist, but the reality is less fancy: stand around and watch trash collectors collects trash. And write it down.Thompson Consulting Services needs people to document how much hurricane-related debris is collected by companies Lee County has hired to haul away all the tree limbs, coconuts, garbage, and other debris. The job is not collecting the trash, but counting the amount that others do.

Among its 21 counties, power has been restored to 1.8 million customers or 83 percent of FPL’s range.

Due to the loss of 10 days of instruction time Florida Gulf Coast University will incorporate a "catch-up schedule" using Saturdays to make up the days. The plan was announced by FGCU President Mike Martin on Monday.

Residents in the mobile home community of Sunnyland on San Carlos Island said they felt caught off guard by the storm’s strength and tidal surge — anticipating only an inch or two of water would make its way into their homes, not a complete inundation.

Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Seattle on Monday, according to his company, Vulcan Inc.

Multiple incidents this week involving threats at Mariner High School in Cape Coral and Lehigh Acres Middle School prompted a statement by Christopher Bernier, the School District of Lee County's superintendent of schools.

International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday as evacuations were underway for widespread flooding that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer.

More protests are expected before the state funeral next week for Japan's divisive former leader. Shinzo Abe's assassination in July has highlighted the Unification Church's ties to Japanese politics.