Ian has regained hurricane strength as it spun toward South Carolina a day after devastating a cross section of Florida.
As Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida, power outages are expected to grow across the state. The Category 4 hurricane has brought catastrophic winds and flooding to the state.Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through flooded streets Thursday to save thousands of Floridians trapped after The devastation began to come into focus a day after as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the U.S.
Though downgraded to a tropical storm by Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center said storm surge and flooding rains remained a threat as Ian crept across the Florida peninsula and emerged in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Canaveral. Forecasters predicted Ian would regain strength while turning northward.
Among those rescued was Joseph Agboona. “We were happy to get out," he said after grabbing two bags of possessions when water rose to the windows in his Orlando home."It was very, very bad.” The storm ripped away patio screens and snapped a palm tree in the yard, Bartley said, but left the roof intact and her family unharmed.
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said his office was scrambling to respond to thousands of 911 calls in the Fort Myers area, but many roads and bridges were impassable. Christine Bomlitz was unable to reach her mother by phone after the storm made landfall south of Englewood, where the 84-year-old woman lives in a retirement community. Bomlitz said her mother was supposed to evacuate but wasn't picked up, so the anxious daughter from Las Vegas posted a plea for help on social media.
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