One useless, many trapped in Florida as Ian heads towards South Carolina

Rescue crews waded by way of flooded streets and used boats Thursday in a scramble to avoid wasting individuals trapped after Hurricane Ian destroyed a cross-section of Florida and introduced torrential rains that inundated extra communities.

The destruction started to return into focus a day after Ian made landfall in Florida as one of many strongest hurricanes ever to hit to the US. The storm flooded houses on each of the state’s coasts, lower off the one bridge to a barrier island, destroyed a historic waterfront pier and knocked out electrical energy to 2.67 million Florida houses and companies.

Not less than one man was confirmed useless.

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“We’ve by no means seen storm surge of this magnitude,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis instructed a information convention.

“The quantity of water that’s been rising, and can possible proceed to rise at present even because the storm is passing, is mainly a 500-year flooding occasion.”

Although downgraded to a tropical storm by Thursday morning, the Nationwide Hurricane Heart mentioned storm surge and flooding rains remained a menace as Ian crept throughout the Florida peninsula and emerged within the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Canaveral.

Forecasters predicted a northward flip towards South Carolina, and a hurricane warning was issued for the state’s shoreline.

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