Hurricane Ian Update

More than two million people across Florida were without power, while some were trapped in flooded homes on Thursday after Hurricane Ian walloped the state.

Maximum sustained winds dropped to near 65 mph with higher gusts early Thursday, but the storm has continued to cause destruction as it moves northeast. Florida’s eastern coast may also see a storm surge of 6 feet. It was moving northeast at 9 mph. [Para información en español de Noticias Telemundo haga click aquí](https://www.telemundo.com/noticias) Maximum sustained winds dropped to near 65 mph with higher gusts early Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said, but the storm has continued to cause destruction as it moves northeast. Hurricane Ian’s maximum sustained winds dropped to 75 mph by early Thursday, the day after it struck Florida as a powerful Category 4 storm. But northeastern and central Florida were forecast to get 10 to 20 inches of rain, and up to 30 inches in some spots, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane Ian was downgraded to a tropical storm on Thursday as it continued to batter Florida. More than 2.4 million people across Florida were without power early Thursday morning after Hurricane Ian walloped the state, bringing 150 mph winds and life-threatening storm surge. [Florida ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ian-strengthens-hurricane-cuba-florida-floods-rcna49362)were without power Thursday morning after [Hurricane Ian](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hurricane-ian-barrels-florida-extremely-dangerous-major-hurricane-rcna49727), now a tropical storm, walloped the state as one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the U.S., causing widespread devastation and flooding that trapped residents in their homes. [slamming into Florida’s southwest coast](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/hurricane-ian-live-updates-rcna49729) as a major Category 4 hurricane Wednesday afternoon, bringing 150 mph winds and life-threatening storm surge. Ian was downgraded to a tropical storm Thursday morning after

Visit the National Weather Service, Charleston, S.C. for Coastal Georgia weather forecasts and storm surge. Visit the National Weather Service, Peachtree City, ...

Ian’s sustained top winds were 125 mph (205 kmh) and as much as 14 feet (4.3 meters) of storm surge was predicted along Cuba’s coast. And those changes will in turn alter the impacts." Delta Air Lines will not operate at Tampa, Sarasota, Orlando and Fort Myers on Sept. Governor Brian Kemp visits the State Operations Center at the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) headquarters. Georgia Department of Transportation: To help ease potential congestion along evacuation routes, beginning Wednesday, September 28 Georgia DOT is halting all projects requiring lane closures along Interstates 16, 75 and 95 south of Atlanta, and all maintenance and utility projects. As Hurricane Ian moves inland, the power company will use their resources for parts of Georgia that may be affected before offering to assist nearby states like Florida. Those who remain in the storm's path need to hunker down in the center of their home and prepare for sustained devastating winds. Storm surge in Lee and Charlotte counties could reach heights of 18 feet. The category 4 hurricane produced winds of 150 miles per hour and storm surge over 7 feet high in Naples before coming ashore. Ian's tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 415 miles (665 km), drenching much of Florida and the southeastern Atlantic coast. All vessels have also departed the Brunswick port terminal and pilot operations have ceased until the storm passes. Brian Kemp joined state and local emergency management officials, local leaders, and others in Savannah this morning at 9:15 a.m.

Hurricane Ian is forecast to make landfall on Wednesday afternoon, possibly as a Category 4 hurricane. Officials have ordered evacuations of parts of ...

Heading to Freeport afterwards. Heading to Panama Canal afterwards. Our business resilience team is working with leadership at approximately 40 Maersk facilities that will experience some impact from Ian over the next 5 days. We will monitor berth prospects and maintain our vessel schedules in Maersk.com regularly updated with the latest information Disruptions to vessel and landside operations should be expected in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and along the East Coast. Dangerous storm surges, flooding and powerful winds are expected across much of the state through the weekend.

The spokesperson for Florida's main nursing home organization says initial reports are that facilities have weathered Hurricane Ian “as good as can be.”

In Charlotte County, Emergency Management Director Patrick Fuller expressed cautious optimism that worst-case scenarios might not have been realized. South Carolina Gov. The warm Atlantic waters are expected to help it gather strength as it curves back toward the U.S. Debris from the park collected along U.S. The Coast Guard made dozens of rescues overnight, and there are more than 800 Urban Search and Rescue team members working, the office said. — Police in historic St. We called the non emergency line and were told to wait till someone shows up. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. High tide was at 11:30 a.m., around the height of the storm. ST. ——— “Take this storm seriously,” Tecklenburg said.

The National Weather Service said the Upstate of South Carolina can expect the heaviest rainfall between Friday afternoon and early Saturday morning.

[Here is a list of festivals and things going on with changes announced thus far.](https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2022/09/29/hurricane-ian-event-cancellations-greenville-spartanburg-south-carolina/69527043007/) "The impacts of this storm are historic and the damage that has been done is historic," DeSantis said. [Public schools in Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Pickens and Oconee counties](https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2022/09/29/hurricane-ian-tropical-storm-forecast-carolina-coast-landfall-school-closures/69528010007/) have announced that Friday will be an eLearning day due to concerns about hazardous conditions. Ron DeSantis described the storm as "500-year flooding event" and said Coast Guard helicopters were plucking trapped residents from the roofs of homes. "From the Upstate, the track of the hurricane is moving eastward which is good for us," Bryson said. "It puts us on the west side of the storm, which is usually the less intense part of the storm. Communities across the state were or will be swamped by the overwhelming waters, he said. The South Carolina coast is now under a Hurricane Warning as Tropical Storm Ian continues to move across Florida then into the Atlantic Ocean. "It will make landfall again on the coast of South Carolina, sometime Friday morning," NWS meteorologist Trisha Palmer said. Palmer predicts wind gusts for Friday to be between 15 to 20 mph. Wind gusts could already be felt across the region Thursday morning. To help us continue keeping you informed, please consider supporting us with a digital subscription

Ian weakened to a tropical storm on Thursday. Weather conditions in Gainesville are expected to improve today, according to the National Weather Service Center ...

Heavy rainfall will continue to spread across the northeastern parts of the Florida peninsula through Thursday and reach portions of the Southeast U.S. Tropical Storm Ian has emerged into the western Atlantic and is moving north-northeastward. Ian weakened to a tropical storm on Thursday. [UF campus operations closure](https://news.ufl.edu/2022/09/uf-campus-closure/) [UF classes canceled Wednesday - Friday](https://news.ufl.edu/2022/09/university-statement-regarding-operations/) [Commonly asked questions regarding UF campus closure](https://news.ufl.edu/2022/09/hurricane-faq/) [Here's how to prepare for hurricane season](https://news.ufl.edu/2022/09/how-to-prepare-for-hurricane-season/) [Pre-storm preparation for students in UF housing](https://housing.ufl.edu/resources/storm-preparation/) [UF/IFAS Disaster Preparation & Recovery](https://disaster.ifas.ufl.edu/) We will continue to monitor and update the UF community as Hurricane Ian makes its way over the Florida peninsula. Weather conditions in Gainesville are expected to improve today, according to the National Weather Service Center office in Jacksonville.

Ian "taking aim at the Carolinas and Georgia with life-threatening flooding, storm surge and strong winds," the center said. Hurricane warnings are now in ...

[Hurricane Ian slams southwest Florida with "catastrophic" storm surge](/2022/09/28/hurricane-ian-storm-surge-southwest-florida) [Hurricane Ian](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/27/live-hurricane-ian-southwest-florida) was flooding some areas of Florida's west coast with storm surges that could reach up to 18 feet above ground level as it moved across the peninsula after making landfall Wednesday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center [said](https://twitter.com/NHC_Surge/status/1575238982664826880). A photo of him and Scott posing together has also been replaced by a photo of only Scott. [Ian](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/27/live-hurricane-ian-southwest-florida), which is now creeping up eastern Florida as a tropical storm. - Ian's remnant circulation will likely hit Virginia over the weekend, leading to heavy rains across the Appalachians in particular. Gusty winds and heavy rain are the main threats to north and central Georgia through late Saturday. - As of midday, only a few businesses in the popular tourist district had boarded their windows or placed sandbags outside. Scott’s Amazon author page, where her two novels are featured, no longer mentions “her husband, Dan,” as the Times reported. [As of 6:30am Thursday](That letter now is missing from the site, as is Jewett’s name. The storm has [Ian weakens to tropical storm as it pummels Florida](/2022/09/27/live-hurricane-ian-southwest-florida) [Follow live news updates](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/29/live-updates-tropical-storm-ian-georgia-carolinas-thursday) on Tropical Storm Ian as it heads toward Georgia and the Carolinas. [Hurricane Ian slams southwest Florida with "catastrophic" storm surge](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/28/hurricane-ian-storm-surge-southwest-florida) [Flooding from Hurricane Ian likely to linger in Florida](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/29/florida-hurricane-ian-flooding) [Power outages from Hurricane Ian in Florida top 2.6 million](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/28/hurricane-ian-florida-power-outage) [Ian confirms the new normal for hurricanes](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/29/ian-new-normal-hurricanes) [Hurricane prep: Can't afford to, can't afford not to](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/29/hurricane-preparation-low-income-costs) [regained hurricane](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/27/live-hurricane-ian-southwest-florida) status Thursday evening on its way to a damaging encounter with the Carolinas after bringing [record storm surge flooding](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/28/hurricane-ian-storm-surge-southwest-florida) and intense winds to Florida's west coast, the [National Hurricane Center](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT4+shtml/292059.shtml?) said.

Mass power outages and property damage are widespread and the death toll — though still unconfirmed — is expected to be in the hundreds.

Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm, with winds of up to 155 mph, is approaching Category 5 strength and could make landfall in southwest Florida as one of ...

[tells the Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ian-live-updates-6302894797cae989ff855030cf332a97). We are more used to the 2s and 3s.” [Here’s How Effective the Original Vaccines Are Against Omicron](https://time.com/6215580/original-vaccines-effectiveness-against-omicron/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20220923) (175 mph), 2018 Hurricane Michael that hit Florida (161 mph), 2005 Hurricane Katrina that made landfall in Louisiana (175 mph), and 1992 Hurricane Andrew, which hit South Florida and then made landfall again in Louisiana (175 mph), [more than 10 counties](https://www.flgov.com/2022/09/27/governor-ron-desantis-issues-updates-on-state-preparedness-for-hurricane-ian-4/) with mandatory evacuation orders, though the governor noted that it is no longer safe to evacuate high-risk areas like Sarasota or Collier County. Some [viral posts even crack jokes](https://twitter.com/KoloneHusky/status/1573658532699901953) about the supply shortage at grocery stores. [Scientists warn that climate change is helping](https://time.com/6217515/climate-intensifying-storms-hurricane-ian/) to turbocharge storms like Ian, and that the warming world pushes storm intensity to grow, resulting in deadlier, more damaging storms. ET on Wednesday, the eye of the hurricane was just off the southwestern Florida coast near Fort Myers, but it’s [projected to move further inland](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/095758.shtml?mltoa34#contents) across the next three days. was Hurricane Michael, which hit the Florida panhandle in 2018, and is labeled as Much of the area hit directly by a Category 4 or 5 storm is likely to be uninhabitable for weeks, if not months. history](https://time.com/6217404/hurricane-ian-costs-florida/), affecting large swaths of Florida and reaching other parts of the Southeast; the storm will spawn “catastrophic wind damage,” flash flooding and torrential rainfall. Most of the storm surge’s peak will be three to six-foot-high water above ground level along the coast, but Englewood, Bonita Beach, Charlotte Harbor, Longboat Key, Chokoloskee and the areas in between will be hit the hardest with seven to 16-foot surges. [Federal weather authorities](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/095758.shtml?key_messages#contents) announced that the storm could be “life threatening” and that everyone in the hurricane zone should promptly follow evacuation orders from local authorities.

Hurricane Ian has regained some strength in the Atlantic Ocean and is still on a path toward the Carolinas.

Follow AP's live coverage of Hurricane Ian, which slammed into Cuba and Florida as one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the U.S..

Phil Murphy said Thursday that he’s calling up 135 National Guard members to send to Florida. State Emergency Management Director Will Ray said widespread power losses and evacuations weren’t anticipated at this time. “Not only from the perspective of patient care but also for fire protection.” The storm is forecast to make landfall midday Friday as a Category 1 hurricane. People are amazing.” Locals captured video and photos of the destruction Thursday afternoon as waters rose and crashed onto the pier, leaving debris on the shoreline. He said the state would also send additional boats to the area for rescue operations. Ron DeSantis said at a press conference Thursday evening there had been 700 confirmed rescues across the state in the wake of the storm. NORTH PORT, Fla. ___ Officials with the Volusia County sheriff’s office said the man went outside to drain his pool and fell into a canal. Medical examiners determined that his death was storm-related.

Mass power outages and property damage are widespread and the death toll — though still unconfirmed — is expected to be in the hundreds.

Hurricane Ian has wrought havoc across Florida. [WBUR.org.](http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/09/29/hurricane-ian-update) Hurricane Ian update: Havoc and devastation across Florida

Power outages will reach far inland as Ian's winds shake trees and power lines throughout the region. The storm is likely to create an even higher flooding ...

The storm dumped as much as a foot of rain on some cities as it barreled across the Florida Peninsula. It was forecast to bring severe rain and wind for at ...

As much as 12 to 18 inches of rain could fall across central and northeast Florida, with the possibility of 30 inches in some spots. Some areas of Fort Myers are under three to four feet of water, and the city is responding to fires, extensive flooding and life-threatening conditions, the city said in a Facebook post Wednesday night. The airport had remained open as Hurricane Ian approached and had said it would try to stay open. Half of the streets are not passable due to high water and tides may raise the water level further. The post asked residents to conserve water and resepct the curfew. Large parts of the state will be feeling the impacts of the flooding for days and possibly up to a week, Mr. Thursday, Horse Creek near the city of Arcadia had swelled to 20.45 feet, setting a record. The declaration allows the state to mobilize resources and equipment needed for response and recovery efforts. Ian barreled across the Florida peninsula early Thursday, dumping as much as a foot of rain on some cities, causing severe flooding and knocking out power to millions of customers. Rivers, streams and creeks inland will be overrun, but unable to drain out to sea because of the The storm has caused widespread flooding and storm surge, and forecasters are predicting more rain over the next few days. It was forecast to bring severe rain and wind to the state for at least another day before moving north.

Power was knocked out for 2.5 million people as storm hits nearly the entire state of Florida, with a storm surge of 18ft predicted.

The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, said it’s too late for residents who haven’t already fled to do so now. Nearly the entire state has been hit, with tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 415 miles (665 km). The storm made two of the hospital’s four floors uninhabitable. My biggest concerns is the water, the storm surge and flooding. “Because we’re doubled and tripled up.” The hole in the roof caused the ICU to flood from above and the hospital’s sickest patients, some on ventilators, were evacuated to other floors.

The extent of the damage was difficult to comprehend, even for residents who had survived and rebuilt after other powerful storms.

Elsewhere in the complex, Sarah Walters, 41, arrived in flip-flops and cutoff shorts to assess the damage to her mother’s house. At the Avante, an assisted-living facility in Orlando, rescuers sloshed through floods to evacuate the facility’s 100 residents, carrying some out on stretchers as rain and wind whirled around them. On both the east and west coasts, beachside bars, boardwalks and piers that had been bustling with tourists a week ago were now a wasteland of muddy debris. In Naples Park, Joe Lema, 76, and his wife, Joyce, 70, spent four hours trapped inside their house by the force and weight of the rising water outside. Aldridge had lost everything in Hurricane Irma in 2017, and was now facing the prospect of starting over, once again. When a flicker of cell service returned on Thursday evening, her brother, Chip Aldridge, 56, recounted how he, his fiancée and dog, Kobi, had walked two miles through the storm and ended up at a La Quinta Inn, where they were now staying because their apartment was a mildewy shambles. [Florida’s southwest coast](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/us/hurricane-ian-florida-storm-surge.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-hurricane-ian&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc)was a place to escape the chaos. The scale of the wreckage was staggering, even to Florida residents who had survived and rebuilt after other powerful hurricanes. Cell service was spotty or nonexistent up and down the coast, another agonizing impediment to residents’ efforts to seek help or reach missing family members. DeSantis said there had been “biblical” storm surge on Sanibel Island, normally a tourist haven of gleaming beaches and mangroves southwest of Fort Myers. The sheriff in Volusia County, near Orlando on the state’s east coast, said by text message that the coastal county was seeing “unprecedented flooding.” Mr. In North Fort Myers, where Marion Burkholder, 84, survived the storm by clambering into a dinghy inside a neighbor’s screened-in porch and floating up with the rising waters, Thursday brought dreaded news.