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Re: Hurricane Ian DEVASTATES Florida Hits Carolina -Death Toll Rises
Deadly Hurricane Ian Hits South Carolina
Florida Reels in Aftermath of Hurricane Ian, Death Toll Rises
Hurricane Ian batters Carolinas as massive rescue efforts continue in Florida
Daily Mail 2 OCT 2022.
Deadly Hurricane Ian Hits South Carolina. A revived and deadly Hurricane Ian is barreling its way north toward Carolina today and the historic city of Charleston, a day after carving a path of destruction across central Florida that left rescue crews racing to reach trapped residents along the state's Gulf Coast.
Scores of residents in Charleston, watching the devastation that Hurricane Ian brought to Florida on television, have fled the city in a steady stream of vehicles and are heading for higher ground.
Hurricane Ian, now a Category 1 storm with 85mph sustained winds, bringing with it 'life-threatening' storm surges and floods, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest update.
Officials said Saturday that thousands of people have been rescued in the days since Hurricane Ian ripped a wide path of destruction across Florida, and that the death toll rose to nearly three dozen in the state. Meanwhile, more than a million customers remained without power on Saturday, Oct. 1.
The southwest coast of Florida took the brunt of the storm surge when Ian made landfall on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Sanibel and Captiva islands were cut off from the rest of the state when parts of the road connecting the two were destroyed by Ian.
In Lee County, which includes the hard-hit Fort Myers and Fort Myers Beach, sheriff Carmine Marceno said on Saturday that there were at least 35 fatalities and that his office would wait until all family members could be notified to release more information on the casualties. Rescue efforts were still ongoing throughout the county, he said.
As of Saturday evening, at least 66 people in Florida are believed to have been killed by Hurricane Ian
As recovery efforts continued, many challenges remained for the communities impacted by the hurricane. Some rivers that flooded from the rainfall were still impacting areas of the state. Interstate 75 in Sarasota County remained closed in both directions for a 12-mile stretch due to flooding at the Muakka River.
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