Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, cutting off the only bridge to a barrier island, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and knocking out power to 2.5 million people as it dumped rain across the peninsula on Thursday.
Life-threatening storm surges and hurricane conditions are possible on Thursday and Friday along the Georgia coast.
One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the United States threatened catastrophic flooding around Florida. Ian’s tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 415 miles (665 km), drenching much of Florida and the southeastern Atlantic coast.
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