As Hurricane Ian moves toward another landfall in South Carlina, a Chicago native prepares for the coming storm.
As Hurricane Ian moves toward another landfall in the Carolinas, a Chicago native in the storm's path has hunkered down Friday.
"It was a bit of a surprise," Amy Langstone, a Chicago native now living in South Carolina, said. "We knew a tropical storm was coming, but we didn't know it would build back up to a category one, so everyone here is hunkering down it's too late for any evacuation orders."She and her family live about 15 miles from the shore near Charleston."I am worried about trees falling on the house," Langstone said. "That is my main concern.
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