Hurricane Ian: Lee County sheriff says fatalities could be 'in the hundreds'

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Hurricane Ian: Lee County sheriff says fatalities could be 'in the hundreds'
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Hurricane Ian is forecast to continue moving deeper into the Florida Peninsula, bringing flooding rain and more than 100-mph winds.

could be in the "hundreds," as many remained trapped in flooded homes and without power.

In Lee County, which includes Fort Myers, just south of where Hurricane Ian made landfall, the sheriff’s Office also posted a phone number family and friends can call for welfare checks, and said "If the line is busy, keep trying." , pushing a wall of storm surge. Ian’s strength at landfall was Category 4, tying it for the fifth-strongest hurricane, when measured by wind speed, ever to strike the U.S.A blown down street sign is seen as the eye of Hurricane Ian passes by in Punta Gorda, Florida on September 28, 2022. -

Ian dropped to a tropical storm early Thursday over land, but was expected to intensify again once its center moves over the Atlantic Ocean and menace the South Carolina coast Friday at near-hurricane strength before moving inland.Timelapse video from Hillsborough Bay in Tampa, Florida, shows the arrival of Hurricane Ian.

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