BREAKING: Hurricane Ian makes landfall on Florida's west coast as a powerful Category 4 storm, slamming the coastline with powerful winds and dangerous storm surge.
Gusts from Hurricane Ian begin to knock down small trees and palm fronds in a hotel parking lot in Sarasota, Fla., Sept. 28, 2022.Hurricane Ian has caused severe flooding conditions in Ft. Myers, Fla., as seen in an image taken from video shared on June 28, 2022 via Facebook.President Joe Biden will visit FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to receive an update on Hurricane Ian, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
“We have deployed significant federal resources to the region to help prepare for the hurricane,” Jean-Pierre said at Wednesday’s press briefing. “We have more than 1,300 federal response workers on the ground in Florida. ... Three-hundred Army Corps personnel are on the ground to support power and fuel assessments. Three-hundred ambulances are supporting local officials, and multiple federal disaster medical assistance teams are deployed to Florida and Georgia.
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