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Deadly hurricane heads for Carolinas after devastation in Florida

Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) - US forecasters expect Hurricane Ian to unleash life-threatening conditions on the Carolina states on Friday after causing devastation in Florida, where it killed at least 12 people with the toll expected to rise.

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Hurricane Ian heads to Carolinas after regaining strength in Atlantic

Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) - Forecasters expect Hurricane Ian to cause life-threatening storm surges in the Carolinas on Friday after unleashing devastation in Florida, where it left a yet unknown number of dead in its wake.

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‘Absolute devastation’: Hurricane Ian decimates Fort Myers Beach

FORT MYERS BEACH — They thought second floors would be safe.

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Florida begins to assess devastation wrought by Hurricane Ian

FORT MYERS, Fla. — On the vacation island resorts of Sanibel and Captiva, rescuers flew in on helicopters because the roads from the mainland of Southwest Florida had collapsed into San Carlos Bay. To the south, Fort Myers Beach, once a lively town center of fish restaurants and bars, was…

Miami Herald

Hurricane Ian wreaks havoc on Florida, regains steam in Atlantic

Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) - Hurricane Ian unleashed "historic" devastation in Florida, leaving a yet unknown number of dead in its wake, officials said Thursday, as the storm restrengthened in the Atlantic on a path toward the Carolinas.

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US hero jumps into sea surge as Hurricane Ian rages before rescuing trapped neighbour

Gage Long has told how his apartment block in Fort Myers, Florida, was battered by Hurricane Ian and that he jumped into the sea surge to rescue a trapped neighbour from her home as the water rose

Daily Mirror

‘Absolute devastation’: Hurricane Ian decimates Fort Myers Beach

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — They thought second floors would be safe.

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Thousands trapped in flooded homes in Florida as Ian regains hurricane strength

Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through inundated streets Thursday to save thousands of Floridians trapped amid flooded homes and shattered buildings left by Hurricane Ian, which crossed into the Atlantic Ocean and churned toward another landfall in South Carolina.

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Ian’s path of ruin: Sanibel bridge severed, Gulf Coast cities flooded, at least 12 dead

Miami Herald

FL sheriff declined to evacuate inmates

Sheriff Carmine Marceno refused to evacuate 457-bed Fort Myers jail even though it was in mandatory evacuation zone

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Hurricane wreaks havoc on Florida, Biden warns of death toll

Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) - Hurricane Ian unleashed "historic" devastation in Florida, flooding homes, washing out roads and bridges and leaving millions without power, officials said Thursday, as President Joe Biden warned of a potentially "substantial" death toll.

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Photos: This is what Florida looks like after Hurricane Ian

Images of the aftermath show a glimpse of the destruction caused by the powerful Category 4 hurricane: homes washed out, boats yanked from their moorings, and decimated neighborhoods.

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After Ian, Florida hospitals evacuate hundreds of patients

Hundreds of hospital patients were being evacuated from facilities across the Fort Myers region Thursday after damage from Hurricane Ian cut off water supplies

The Independent UK

Floods, devastation after Hurricane Ian hammers Florida

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."

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Ian’s path of ruin: Sanibel bridge severed, Gulf Coast cities flooded. Rescues continue

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.

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Hurricane Ian: ‘catastrophic’ damage in Florida as storm heads to South Carolina

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

Miami Herald

Causeway to Sanibel Island severed as Florida wakes up to Ian’s trail of destruction

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.

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One veterinarian, and her pets, rode out Ian’s fierce eye in a Fort Myers parking garage

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.

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The Independent UK

Hurricane Ian: Death toll continues to climb after sheriff predicts hundreds of lives lost

There are 20 deaths that have not yet been confirmed to be Ian-related

Reuters

Death toll in Florida uncertain as Ian takes aim at Carolinas

Emergency crews tried on Thursday to reach stranded Florida residents as a resurgent Hurricane Ian veered toward the Carolinas after cutting a path of destruction across Florida, leaving behind deadly floodwaters, downed power lines and widespread damage.

France 24

Hurricane Ian pummels Florida, leaving more than 2 million without power

Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and knocking out power to 2.5 million people as it dumped rain across the peninsula on Thursday.

Miami Herald

Hurricane Ian makes landfall in southwest Florida with ‘catastrophic’ winds and surge

MIAMI — Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Cayo Costa, an island off the coast of Fort Myers, at 3 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday.

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Airlines cancel hundreds of flights as Hurricane Ian advances

ATLANTA — Hurricane Ian has driven airlines to cancel hundreds of flights to and from Florida on Wednesday and Thursday.

Benzinga

mPhase Lists Initial EV Charging Locations In Florida Amid Intensifying EV Rivalry

mPhase Technologies, Inc (OTC: XDSL) completed selecting sites for the first five mPower EV charging locations in the State of Florida. The sites consisted of two gas stations, two supermarkets, and one deli property. The initial locations for the sites were in Fort Myers, Orlando, Palm Bay, Palm Coast, and Scottsmoor. The sites will…

Salon

Ron Johnson tweets then deletes

The senator billed taxpayers up to $18,781 for his jaunts in Fort Myers, where he owns a waterfront home

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