LIVE VIDEO: A revived Hurricane Ian slams into South Carolina after causing catastrophic damage in Florida. Watch NBC News Special Report:
The center's hurricane warning stretched from the Savannah River to Cape Fear. The forecast predicted a storm surge of up to 7 feet into some Carolina coastal areas, and rainfall of up to 8 inches.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that rescue crews had gone door-to-door to over 3,000 homes in the hardest-hit areas.Pictures: ‘Catastrophic' Hurricane Ian Makes Landfall in Florida “I don't know how anyone could have survived in there,” William Goodison said amid the wreckage of a mobile home park in Fort Myers Beach where he'd lived for 11 years. Goodison said he was alive only because he rode out the storm at his son's house inland., leaving many destroyed or mangled beyond repair, including Goodison’s single-wide home.
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said his office was scrambling to respond to thousands of 911 calls in the Fort Myers area, but many roads and bridges were impassable.Emergency crews sawed through toppled trees to reach stranded people. Many in the hardest-hit areas were unable to call for help because of electrical and cellular outages.
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