Hurricane Ian headed toward South Carolina Friday morning after making landfall in southwest and central Florida, leaving catastrophic damage in its wake.
The National Hurricane Center said Ian, which has regained hurricane status after a brief spell as a tropical storm, could bring “life-threatening storm surge” and hurricane-like conditions to the Carolina coast, along with “flooding rain” in South and North Carolina and southern Virginia. . He issued a hurricane warning for the entire South Carolina coast.
According to the hurricane center, on Friday morning, Ian already hit most of the coast of South and North Carolina as a tropical storm.
And there could be more to come from Ian in Florida: “Matchmaking and record flooding will continue across central Florida into next week,” the hurricane center predicted.
Ian made landfall in southwest Florida on Wednesday as a major Category 4 hurricane before making landfall across the state. It was one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the United States and could be the deadliest in the state’s history, President Biden said.
CBS News has confirmed six deaths in Florida from the storm as of Friday morning.
People ended up in houses. Videos and images showed the devastating flood. Today, more than 2 million homes and businesses remain without power poweroutage.us.
Now, CBS News weather producer David Parkinson said Yang is forecast to make its second landfall somewhere near Charleston, South Carolina, mid-afternoon Friday. As of 8 a.m., it was centered about 105 miles south-southeast of Charleston and moving north at 9 mph with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, according to the hurricane center.
After making landfall, it should “rapidly weaken” and move further into South and North Carolina before dissipating by Saturday evening, according to forecasters.
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