Hurricane Ian makes landfall in South Carolina after pummeling Florida
Hurricane Ian
The US National Hurricane Center said that Hurricane Ian made landfall in South Carolina on Friday (September 30) after leaving a trail of destruction across Florida.
The centre of Hurricane Ian made landfall at 2:05 pm (1805 GMT) near Georgetown, South Carolina. At that time, the hurricane sustained winds of 85 miles per hour, making it a Category 1 hurricane.
According to the NHC, Ian could bring severe gusts and a "life-threatening storm surge" of up to seven feet for residents of the Carolina coast.
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Ian regained hurricane power over the Atlantic after weakening to a tropical storm when it went over Florida, where it wreaked billions of dollars' worth of damage.
"Listen to all the warnings and directions from local officials and obey their instructions," the president of the United States Joe Biden encouraged residents of South and North Carolina to take precautionary steps.
We're just starting to witness the scope of the disaster in Florida, which has been devastated by the storm and is home to at least 21 documented fatalities, Biden said.
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"It's likely to rank among the worst in the nation's history," Biden said of Ian, which ploughed into Florida's southwest coast on Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane, just short of the most potent on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale.
"It's going to take months, years to rebuild," Biden said. "It's not just a crisis for Florida. This is an American crisis."
Rescuers were busy helping survivors in Florida on Friday, and the Coast Guard reported that it had carried out 117 boat and helicopter rescues.
In Florida, the storm left hundreds of people in need of assistance, many of whom were stranded in flooded homes.
Over a thousand rescuers, said to governor Ron DeSantis, are checking on homeowners as they travel "up and down the shore."
He said,"Rescue personnel have gone to more than 3,000 homes in the hardest hit areas, going door to door to check on the occupants."
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