Across Florida, Hurricane Ian's consequences linger long after the eye passed, as more storm surges and flooding continue to threaten residents across the state.
Jonathan Strong, of Cape Coral, holds his vest above the water as he wades through floodwaters while knocking on doors in a flooded mobile home community in Iona, in unincorporated Lee County near Fort Myers, on Thursday, Sept. 29. Strong, who is unaffiliated with any volunteer group said he came out to help because, “I can’t just sit around while my house is intact and let other people suffer. It’s what we do; community helping community.
President Joe Biden said Ian “could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history,” responsible for a “substantial loss of life.”Preliminary reports of lives lost include six in Charlotte County; two in Lee County: two in Sarasota County, and one in Volusia County. As of 8 p.m., the storm was 215 miles south of Charleston, S.C., with top winds that remained Thursday evening at 75 mph, down from its 155-mph peak Wednesday. It was heading north-northeast at 10 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center, with hurricane force winds extending outward up to 45 miles from the center.
The Coast Guard and the United States Army Reserve have been performing rescue missions in the area, while engineers on site began to do bridge inspections. Some bridges, such as Pine Island Bridge, are no longer passable, DeSantis said. The storm tore an entire section out of the Sanibel Causeway.RELATED: ‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homesLee and Charlotte counties were practically “off the grid” as of Thursday morning, DeSantis said, with 2.
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