“I just want the people of Florida to know we see what you’re going through, and we’re with you. We’re going to do everything we can for you,' President Joe Biden said Friday from the White House.
The White House did not disclose any details on the Bidens' trip to Florida, namely where they may plan to visit.The Bidens' visit as scheduled would come a week after the monster-sized Hurricane Ian pummeled the state with crushing storm surge, obliterating wind speeds and torrential rainfall, leaving a swath of devastation from the southwestern coast across the I-4 corridor, from the Gulf to the Atlantic.
The massive storm made landfall last Wednesday near Cayo Costa just west of Fort Myers, and triggered dramatic search-and-rescue efforts — some by helicopters and airboats — in several hard-hit areas of the state, mostly southwest Florida. Biden said Friday that Hurricane Ian is “likely to rank among the worst in the nation’s history” and Florida will take “months – years – to rebuild.”
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