Humanitarian aid group Samaritan’s Purse responds to the disasterBoats are pushed up on a causeway after Hurricane Ian passed through the area on September 29, 2022, in Fort Myers, Florida. The hurricane brought high winds, storm surge and rain to the area causing severe damage. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images
More than 2.5 million homes were without power in Florida amid catastrophic floods and life-threatening storm surge early Thursday, hours after Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. The international Evangelical relief group Samaritan’s Purse is preparing its disaster response teams to help clear debris from homes.
Ian’s winds weakened to 65 mph early Thursday, downgrading the system to a tropical storm as it moved over central Florida, but extremely dangerous conditions continued, according to The Weather Channel, which also said all hurricane warnings had been dropped but a hurricane watch extended from northeast Florida’s coast to Charleston County, South Carolina.
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