Photo: Ashley Garner

In this undated photo provided by Ashley Garner, Garner shows off her wedding ring that was found lying in a brush pile after Hurricane Ian passed through the area, in Fort Myers, Fla.

When Ashley Garner misplaced her wedding ring days before Hurricane Ianmade landfall in Florida, she thought she had lost it for good.

But the mother of three was shocked to find the ring, nestled amid tree branches and other debris, days after the storm hit the area where she lives.

“We’re about 10 minutes into cleaning, and my husband is cleaning up the brush and the trees right next to the garage door,” Garner told the outlet. “There’s a pile of brush and trees, and he moves over one pile, and the ring was right there.”

Ashley Garner

This undated photo provided by Ashley Garner shows Garner’s lost wedding ring lying in a brush pile after Hurricane Ian passed through the area, in Fort Myers, Fla.

She continued, “I just sat on the curb, and I prayed to God and thanked him for providing and giving us a sign that there’s hope for the community.”

The discovery of her lost diamond ring left the sales director speechless, she said in aFacebookpost.

Garner and her family finally had powerrestoredto their neighborhood on Saturday, she also shared on Facebook.

More than100 people were reported deadfollowing Hurricane Ian, which made its second U.S. landfall in South Carolina on Sept. 1.

The storm, which devastated southwest Florida, may have caused as much as $74 billion in insured losses, according todatareleased last week from modeling firm RMS, perAxios.

source: people.com