The Latest Breaking News on Floods

Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) - Hurricane Ian inundated cities, turned out the lights on millions of residents and left migrants from an overturned boat missing Thursday as Florida assessed damage from what the state governor described as a "500-year flood event."

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Ian continued its destructive trek across Florida, roughly 2 million households across the state awoke on Thursday without electricity as the Gulf Coast began to assess leveled homes, flooded buildings and streets, and damaged or destroyed road and bridges.

US authorities say full extent of the damage from Hurricane Ian’s strong winds and flooding is not yet known.

Biden says hurricane could ‘be deadliest in state’s history’ as storm regains strength and heads towards South Carolina

A sheriff in Lee County has said hundreds of people in Florida could potentially be dead due to the devastating Hurricane Ian. Sheriff Carmine Marceno said authorities are struggling to "access people"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said hundreds of people in Southwest Florida have called authorities for help as Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc, and that the state is trying to confirm whether two people died in the storm.

Whilst the Category 4 hurricane battered large parts of Florida with high winds and flooding as hospital roofs were being torn up, some locals decided to foolishly go swimming

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Ian continued its destructive trek across Florida, over a million households across the state awoke on Thursday without electricity as residents and emergency crews along the Gulf Coast began to assess the toppled buildings, flooded streets and crippled infrastructure.

As Hurricane Ian lashed Fort Myers with howling winds and sloshed floodwaters over the banks of the Caloosahatchee River, veterinarian Sharon Powell and her husband retreated to the safest place they could find for themselves and their pets — a downtown parking garage.

The biggest threat from the storm may be inland flooding.

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Ian is causing “catastrophic flooding” over east-central Florida Thursday morning as it treks closer to the Atlantic, forecasters said. Once it’s in the Atlantic, Ian is forecast to near hurricane strength before approaching South Carolina.