More than 1.8mn people in Florida are estimated to be without power after Hurricane Ian ploughed into the south-west of the state on Wednesday, inundating the coastline and tearing through infrastructure and property, according to PowerOutage.US, a website tracking power cuts across the country.
Hurricane Ian made landfall at about 3.05pm Eastern time and was causing “catastrophic storm surge, winds, and flooding”, the National Hurricane Center said. With maximum sustained winds of 150mph, it was rated a category four storm, the second-strongest classification in meteorologists’ five-tier scale.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis warned that the storm would continue to move across the state on Thursday, causing “major, major impacts”.
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