FIERCE WINDS: This is the moment a meteorologist was hit by a tree branch while reporting on Hurricane Ian on a Florida street. When the storm first made landfall, forecasters say winds were at 150 mph. The latest:
At least one person was confirmed dead, and Lee County's sheriff told ABC News "there were fatalities" in this "life-changing" storm.
After hosting more than 8,000 evacuees across 47 shelters, the county is preparing to conclude its sheltering operations or transition shelter availability for evacuees who continue to need assistance. "This has been just a catastrophic storm and it's left significant damage in its path," Criswell said.The most significant impacts have been happening in Lee County, where people are without power and water. Criswell also expects impacts across the western coast of Florida.
"This storm is having broad impacts across the state and some of the flooding you're going to see in areas hundreds of miles from where thismade landfall are going to set records. And that's going to obviously be the things that will need to be responded to," DeSantis added."You're looking at a storm that's changed the character of a significant part of our state. And this is going to require not just emergency response now, in the days or weeks ahead.
Biden first spoke to the governor, a leading political opponent of Biden and possible 2024 Republican presidential candidate, on Tuesday after several days of questions about whether the two would connect.'We've never seen a flood event like this,' Florida governor says Water services will be restored as repairs are made, but the city warned it may take days to complete the repairs, officials said.Officials set up a water fill station for residents and additional water availability has been requested through the Emergency Operations Center, the city said.Power has been restored to 502,100 customers, as of 5 a.m.
"We still cannot access many of the people that are in need," Marceno said. "It's a real, real rough road ahead."
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