Hurricane Ian left a trail of destruction and flooding in its wake after slamming Cuba.
National Weather Service Director Ken Graham said the storm was moving at 9 mph and was slowing down. It will take 24 hours or more to cross the state, he said –"24 hours of rainfall, 24 hours of wind pushing the water.""This is a devastating storm for parts of Florida, not just on the southwest coast but inland," he said."This is going to be a storm we will talk about for many years to come. It's a historic event.
Heavy rainfall will spread across the Florida peninsula through Thursday. Widespread, prolonged major and record river flooding is expected across central Florida, the hurricane center said. The water woes will reach into other states later this week and this weekend. "Widespread, life-threatening catastrophic flooding is expected across portions of central Florida with considerable flooding in southern Florida, northern Florida, southeastern Georgia and coastal South Carolina," the service said in an advisory.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp issued a state of emergency order for the entire state and said up to 500 National Guard troops were preparing to be called up if needed. Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Deanne Criswell says her biggest concern is the expected storm surge and inland flooding from heavy rains as the storm crawls across Florida over the next two days.
"Water is dangerous, period," Criswell said at a briefing Wednesday."From coastal storm surge to inland flooding, the majority of the state of Florida is in Ian's crosshairs."
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