Hundreds of sea turtle eggs scattered across Florida beach after Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian scatters hundreds of sea turtle eggs at Fort Pierce beachHundreds of sea turtle eggs were scattered Thursday morning along the shorel...

October 6, 2022
3:16 AM

Hurricane Ian scatters hundreds of sea turtle eggs at Fort Pierce beachHundreds of sea turtle eggs were scattered Thursday morning along the shoreline south of the Fort Pierce Inlet after Hurricane Ian.FORT PIERCE, Fla. —  Debbie McManus broke down crying Thursday morning when she walked onto the beach and saw hundreds of sea turtle eggs.'It was a shock,' she said. 'I didn't expect to see this.'McManus stopped by the south jetty at the Fort Pierce Inlet on the Atlantic to see if the outer bands of Hurricane Ian had damaged a plaque there for her late grandson.

Laurie K. Blandford