Destroyed buildings, entire cities submerged in water, overturned boats and damaged power lines. On Wednesday afternoon the mighty drilling Ian from Cuba hit the east coast of the United States, impacting with violent storms and winds of up to 240 km/h in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa.
the storm of category 4 on the Saffir-Siimpson scale (winds between 210 and 240 km/h) caused severe storms and trapped millions of people in their homes without electricity. According to the latest updates from PowerOutage.us, North American website that maps power outages in the country, currently at least 2.2 million Florida residents are without electricity.
Lee County, where the cities of Fort Myers AND Cape Coral, was the most damaged, with around 330,000 homes in darkness. Fort Myers in particular, as CNN reports, is currently under more than three feet of water. In the city of Port Charlotte, however, strong winds tore off the roof of a hospital’s intensive care unit, leaving about 160 patients hospitalized inside the uncovered structure.
The Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis urged the population not to try to leave the house. As soon as conditions allow, rescue teams already on alert will step in to rescue civilians and clear the streets of rubble.
There United States Coast Guard said he was looking for 23 missing migrants off the coast of Florida. Four Cuban migrants reportedly swam to Stock Island in the Keys after their boat capsized in the storm. Of the others, however, still no trace. Only one Cubathe passing of the hurricane killed two people and cut the electricity to the entire island.
The storm’s intensity gradually eased over the course of Wednesday. The storm is currently classified as Category 1 (winds between 119 and 153 km/h). The hurricane’s epicenter records winds of about 120 km/h and is located not far from Palm Beach, Florida.
According to the US National Weather Service, Ian will migrate north between today and tomorrow and continue to lose power. However, the alert remains high in the states that will be involved in the hurricane’s passage from the weekend: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
Ian’s strength upon landing resulted in it ranking as the fifth strongest hurricane to hit the United States since the current wind strength measurement system was in place. The hurricane Charley in August 2004, it struck Florida at nearly the same location on the coast, killing ten people and costing $14 billion in damage.
Source: Fan Page IT
Ashley Root is an experienced business journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in economics and finance, she has a deep understanding of the inner workings of the business world and is able to provide insightful and informative analysis on a wide range of topics.
