UPDATE: Hundreds are feared dead after HurricaneIan caused catastrophic flooding that trapped residents in their homes, destroyed critical infrastructure, and left over 2 million people with power.
on Florida began to emerge Thursday with hundreds feared dead after catastrophic flooding trapped residents in their homes, destroyed critical infrastructure, and left over 2 million people without power.
At first light on Thursday morning, emergency crews were beginning to reckon with the monumental devastation left in Ian’s wake, as homes were ripped from their foundations and public buildings damaged.Good Morning AmericaA lower-level emergency room at HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte was flooded as brutal winds tore part of the roof from the building’s intensive care unit, thereports. Staff had to evacuate patients on ventilators to other floors as water washed into the ICU.
“We are aware of a number of calls from people stranded due to high water,” Lee County Public Safety Director Ben Abes said late Wednesday, theSome even posted truly desperate pleas for help on social media, along withof their homes filling up with flood water. Rescue attempts will be hindered on Thursday by roads being completely submerged or blocked with downed trees and power lines.
A boat carrying Cuban migrants sank in stormy conditions east of Key West. The U.S. Coast Guard searched for 23 people, three of whom were found in the waters about 2 miles off the Florida Keys. Another four Cubans swam to Stock Island, the U.S. Border Patrol announced. Search and rescue efforts continued for possibly another 20 people unaccounted for.
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