Sep 29, 2022, 12:04 AM EDT
Jacksonville airport cancels all flights Thursday
Jacksonville International Airport has canceled all flights for Thursday and the terminal will be closed.
-ABC News' Ahmad Hemingway
Hurricane Ian updates: Florida death toll climbs
Lee County, which encompasses Fort Myers, accounts for most of the fatalities.
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Last Updated: October 4, 2022, 7:27 AM EDT
The remnants of Ian are charging up the East Coast on Saturday after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in South Carolina on Friday afternoon.
The monster storm made its first U.S. landfall on Wednesday on Florida's west coast as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, shredding homes with ferocious winds topping 150 mph. Florida's death toll has climbed to at least 81, according to information from local officials.
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Sep 28, 2022, 11:29 PM EDT
Hurricane Ian now Category 1 storm
Ian continues to gradually weaken as it moves across the Florida Peninsula, now a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds down to 90 mph. The storm is moving to the north-northeast at 8 mph, and the center is currently about 70 miles south of Orlando.
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While Ian is weakening, it's still bringing widespread dangerous weather impacts across the state.
-ABC News' Dan Peck
Sep 28, 2022, 10:58 PM EDT
Flash flood emergency issued in west-central Florida
A Flash Flood Emergency has been issued for parts of Sarasota, Manatee, Desoto, Hardee and Highlands counties in west-central Florida, with other areas experiencing life-threatening flash flooding.
Between 12 to 19 inches of rain has already fallen in the area.
-ABC News' Daniel Peck
Sep 28, 2022, 10:51 PM EDT
Lee County sheriff: Reports of buildings compromised and vehicles floating
As Hurricane Ian makes its way across Florida, counties are assessing the devastation left by the storm.
In a Wednesday night press conference, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said that Ian hit the county extremely hard.
Marceno said he'd gotten reports of compromised homes and businesses and of vehicles floating into the ocean.
Officials said part of Fort Myers, which is in Lee County, was "decimated" by Hurricane Ian.
Marceno said residents are in need, and the county will respond to emergency calls once it's safe.
-ABC News' William Gretsky
