DeSantis Announces $100 Million in Recovery Grants for Hurricane-Hit Beaches

Members of Virginia's Urban Search and Rescue unit receive a briefing before combing through the wreckage on Fort Myers Beach looking for victims of Hurricane Ian in Florida, on Oct. 4, 2022. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded $100 million to support beach recovery projects in counties hard hit by two hurricanes in 2022.

Speaking in Daytona Beach Shores, DeSantis allocated money to 16 counties. The amounts ranged from $37.7 million for Volusia County, hard hit by Category 1 Hurricane Nicole, and $23.1 million for Lee County, the Fort Myers area where the Category 4 Hurricane Ian made landfall, to $250,000 for St. Lucie County south of Volusia on Florida’s Atlantic Coast.