ET) 200 Rescued From Orlando Assisted Living Facilities The storm caused heavy damage in the southern part of the county, including on Manasota Key and in Venice.įour other deaths are being blamed on Ian in the U.S. Further details weren't immediately released. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has confirmed two deaths from Hurricane Ian. I know that there were people screaming for help.” It had to have been at least 6 to 8 feet. You can see where the storm surge came in on the walls because there’s a line. “I’ve been here 29 years I’ve never seen or experienced anything like this,' Reidy told Live Storms Media today. Michele Reidy, a resident of the town of Iona near where Ian came ashore on Florida's Southwest Coast, doesn't know where her family will live now.

Such movements are standard procedure when a hurricane is coming. military evacuated aircraft from Joint Base Charleston in North Charleston. In preparation for Ian's arrival in South Carolina, the U.S. ET) Military Aircraft Evacuated From Charleston The outages stretch across at least 26 counties, with at least 10 of those reporting between 60% and 100% of all customers without electricity. Each outage can represent several people on a single account or household. More than 2.1 million power outages are being reported in Florida, according to. Here are our updates as the news was unfolding Thursday. Augustine and Daytona Beach.Īnother landfall is expected Friday in South Carolina. Myers on Wednesday and then slowly crawled across the state all day Thursday with heavy rainfall and damaging winds that flooded neighborhoods and streets in Orlando, St.

In all, eight deaths are blamed on the storm - six in the U.S. You can track Ian here or sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.Īt least four deaths in Southwest Florida are being blamed on Hurricane Ian, hundreds of people were rescued and survivors are on beginning to comprehend their losses.

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