On Monday evening, a representative from the county of Charlotte confirms to CNN that six people have been confirmed dead in the area. – We have all our crews out now, assessing damage, searching and doing rescue work, says Charlotte County Commissioner Chris Contance to CNN. – It is the biggest disaster I have ever seen in my lifetime, he continues. One death has already been reported in Florida. It was a 72-year-old man who fell into a canal in Deltona, the county sheriff’s office says. In Cuba, two people have lost their lives, writes NTB. This means that there are now seven confirmed deaths in Florida. Fort Myers was hit hard by the hurricane. Several had to be rescued by the city’s local firefighters. Photo: AP When hurricane “Ian” hit land in the southwest of the US state of Florida on Wednesday evening, the strength was close to category five, which is the highest. It is thus one of the two strongest hurricanes to have made landfall on Florida’s west coast. It has since been downgraded from a hurricane to a storm, but the devastation “Ian” leaves behind is enormous. – The hurricane is still moving across the state today. This could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history. The numbers are still unclear, but we are hearing early reports that there could be significant loss of life. That’s what US President Joe Biden said on Thursday evening Norwegian time. US President Joe Biden visited FEMA, which is responsible for coordinating the response to disasters, on Thursday evening. Photo: Evan Vucci / AP Earlier on Thursday, US President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in Florida. Federal assistance will now be provided to help with cleanup efforts. The president’s move makes federal funds and aid available in nine counties along the state’s west coast. He also promised that he will visit the state as soon as conditions permit. – My message to the people of Florida is that we must stand together as one team – as one America, said Biden. – Never seen anything like it So far, one death has been reported in Florida. It was a 72-year-old man who fell into a canal in Deltona, the county sheriff’s office says. In Cuba, two people have lost their lives, writes NTB. Certain areas in Florida were hit by life-threatening storm surges, and the floods are described as catastrophic. Many boats in Fort Myers have felt the wrath of the storm. Photo: JOSEPH AGCAOILI / AFP Governor Ron DeSantis says on Thursday that the city of Fort Myers is “completely destroyed”. The Coast Guard is busy rescuing people from roofs in the city, writes CNN. Teresa Heitmann is the mayor of Naples, less than an hour’s drive from Fort Myers. The city was hit hard by the hurricane, and the mayor calls the damage “catastrophic”. – We have never seen anything like it, says Heitmann according to CNN. Among other things, an entire fire station is said to have been flooded, and at least half of the city’s streets are impassable. Now a lot of clean-up work and repairs await. Over 2.6 million electricity customers are without power in Florida, reports PowerOutage.us. Tom Park has started the cleanup outside his house in Punta Gorda. Photo: WIN MCNAMEE / AFP Moving north New areas may be affected as the storm moves north in the state. The storm’s center is off Cape Canaveral on Florida’s east coast Thursday morning, US time. This is stated by the American hurricane center NHC at 14:00 Norwegian time. But the effect is felt far beyond the center of the storm. According to the hurricane center, gale-force winds extend Thursday morning local time all the way from Tampa, Florida to Charleston, South Carolina. Enormous destruction is the result after hurricane “Ian” hit Florida. Forecasts show that Ian will make landfall across South Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane from early Friday morning. Therefore, a hurricane warning has been issued for the entire coast of South Carolina. Several streets in Fort Myers are completely flooded. Photo: US Coast Guard District 7.
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