{"id":11700,"date":"2022-10-01T00:06:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T22:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=11700"},"modified":"2022-10-01T21:06:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T19:06:09","slug":"florida-death-toll-rises-as-deadly-hurricane-ian-lashes-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/florida-death-toll-rises-as-deadly-hurricane-ian-lashes-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida death toll rises as deadly Hurricane Ian lashes South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>At least 31 people have died in the U.S. after\u00a0Hurricane Ian\u00a0pummeled Florida&#8217;s western coast with\u00a0record storm surge flooding, officials said.<\/strong> <strong>The death toll was expected to increase as officials continue to search for more people. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The devastating hurricane Ian made landfall on coastal South Carolina on Friday with&nbsp;heavy rain, destructive winds, and life-threatening storm surge after leaving behind a trail of apocalyptic destruction in Florida. The governors of Georgia and South Carolina declared states of emergency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian landed in Florida as a strong Category 4 hurricane and struck South Carolina Friday as a Category 1 storm. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said the storm is not as bad as it could have been but urged people not to let their guard down yet. \u201cWe are not out of the woods yet, there is water on the roads, still heavy winds, and it is still dangerous in many parts of the state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THIS is what storm surge looks like. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ian<\/a> <br><br>Earlier today, police navigated flooded roads on Pawleys Island, South Carolina: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EGugEb31cb\">pic.twitter.com\/EGugEb31cb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weatherchannel\/status\/1575946585447464970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Joe Biden continued to pledge federal support for Florida and South Carolina after the devastation caused by the storm, which he said was \u201clikely to rank among the worst\u2026 in the nation\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just a crisis for Florida. It\u2019s an American crisis,\u201d Biden said. \u201cMy message to the people of South Carolina is simple: Please listen to all of the warnings and directions from local officials, and follow their instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just beginning to see the scale of that destruction,\u201d Biden said, adding that \u201cIt\u2019s going to take months, years to rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We were in the eye wall of Cat. 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hurricane?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hurricane<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ian<\/a> for over 5 hours and the back side was the worst.<br>I haven&#39;t experienced anything close to this in over 30 years <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weatherchannel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@weatherchannel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wfEqcuEBAm\">pic.twitter.com\/wfEqcuEBAm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mike Seidel (@mikeseidel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeseidel\/status\/1575274365410746373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More than 2 million customers in Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina are without power<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 2 million customers in the Southeast have lost power as Hurricane Ian continues to pummel in the region.&nbsp;Ian left a broad swath of destruction&nbsp;in Florida, flooding areas, tearing homes, demolishing beachfront businesses, and leaving more than 2 million people without power.&nbsp; More than 211,000 people have lost power in South Carolina and nearly 82,000 in North Carolina are in the dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Florida Power &amp; Light electric utility said it had restored power for more than half of those affected, but warned of continued outages in the southwest as the recovery work was \u201champered by extensive flooding, storm surge, downed trees, and other debris in the area and roadways\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hurricane-Ian-damage-in-Florida.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hurricane-Ian-damage-in-Florida.jpeg?resize=840%2C504&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11703\" width=\"840\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hurricane-Ian-damage-in-Florida.jpeg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hurricane-Ian-damage-in-Florida.jpeg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hurricane-Ian-damage-in-Florida.jpeg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em><sup>A man walks through a street among damaged homes and businesses and debris in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Sep 29, 2022, following Hurricane Ian. (Image Credit: Douglas R. Clifford\/Tampa Bay Times via AP)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scenes of devastation from Florida<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Striking&nbsp;videos and photos emerging from Florida&nbsp;have captured the level of devastation across the state. Rescue crews and boats waded through inundated streets to save thousands of Floridians trapped in flooded homes. Ian will go down in history as one of the worst storms to hit the state, said Florida Governo Ron DeSantis, after the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, 1992 Hurricane Andrew, and 2018 Hurricane Michael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The devastation caused by&nbsp;Hurricane Ian&nbsp;across Florida is one of the strongest storms ever to hit the United States. The total damage and economic loss of Hurricane Ian will be between $180 billion and $210 billion, according to&nbsp;AccuWeather&nbsp;Founder and CEO Dr. Joel N. Myers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Florida-Hurricane.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Florida-Hurricane.jpg?resize=840%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11702\" width=\"840\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Florida-Hurricane.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Florida-Hurricane.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Florida-Hurricane.jpg?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em><sup>Airplanes overturned by a likely tornado produced by the outer bands of Hurricane Ian are shown Wednesday at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Florida. (Image Credit: Wilfredo Lee\/AP)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fort Myers in Florida saw some of the worst destruction when Ian hit the state and caused catastrophic flooding, destroyed countless homes,&nbsp;overturned small planes, and uprooted trees. \u201cEverything floated,\u201d said Marvis Long, 96, who lives in North Fort Meyers. \u201cThe water was coming in just like waves in here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ft Myers Beach is effectively gone, almost no emergency crews yet. These poor people need so much help\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5uLo26zFMZ\">pic.twitter.com\/5uLo26zFMZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Max Olson (@MesoMax919) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MesoMax919\/status\/1575511789386833923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*RARE* first person view of storm surge. This camera is 6 feet off the ground on Estero Blvd in Fort Myers Beach, FL. Not sure how much longer it keeps working. You\u2019ll see it live only on \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weatherchannel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@weatherchannel<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ian<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WwHtvgVxjY\">pic.twitter.com\/WwHtvgVxjY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mike Bettes (@mikebettes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikebettes\/status\/1575180210219139080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cubans protesting power outages after Hurricane Ian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Cuba,&nbsp;residents continue to grapple with the aftermath&nbsp;of Hurricane Ian, which knocked out power across the country, leaving 11 million people in the dark. The power outage has prompted protests in the streets of Cuba&#8217;s capital as several hundred people demanded the restoration of electricity and aid to areas ravaged by Hurricane Ian. A total of 400 people gathered in the Cerro neighborhood shouting, &#8220;We want light, we want light!&#8221; and banging pots and pans, AP reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hurricane-Ian-damages-in-Florida.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hurricane-Ian-damages-in-Florida.jpeg?resize=844%2C506&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11704\" width=\"844\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hurricane-Ian-damages-in-Florida.jpeg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hurricane-Ian-damages-in-Florida.jpeg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Hurricane-Ian-damages-in-Florida.jpeg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em><sup>Damaged and missing homes are seen in the wake of Hurricane Ian on Thursday in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. 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