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.
As Hurricane Ian was bearing down on southwestern Florida Wednesday, Beth Booker received photos and videos showing Ian's storm surge starting to fill her mother's Fort Myers home.
Then, shortly after the storm made landfall in Florida, the updates stopped.
Unable to communicate with her mom, Carole McDanel, any longer, Booker turned to Twitter, using the hashtag #GetCaroleHome and asked her followers for help.
Some 24 hours later, Booker tweeted the news that McDanel had been found.
There have been at least 33 storm-related deaths due to Ian in Florida, ABC News has determined based on information from the Florida Medical Examiners Commission and inquiries with local officials and authorities.
That includes 16 deaths in Lee County, six in Charlotte County, four in Volusia County, three in Collier County, two in Sarasota County, and one each in Lake and Manatee counties.
Earlier Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said there were 21 deaths from Ian, of which 20 were unconfirmed because they were spotted during search and rescue operations and crews were told to prioritize those found alive and still trapped.
A partially submerged car and home are shown after Hurricane Ian caused widespread damage and flooding in Kissimmee, Fla., Sept. 29, 2022.
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Friday evening that there are 10 confirmed deaths attributed to Ian across in Lake, Sarasota, Manatee, Volusia and Collier counties. The causes of death were primarily drownings, as well as two vehicle accidents and a roof accident. The tally, confirmed by the Medical Examiners Commission, does not include any fatalities from hard-hit Lee or Charlotte counties.
It is unclear whether the state's figures overlap with ABC News' analysis.
-ABC News' Ahmad Hemingway, Alex Faul and Benjamin Stein
Sep 30, 2022, 5:33 PM EDT
Nearly 350,000 customers without power in Carolinas
As Ian moves north, more than 161,000 customers in North Carolina and more than 187,000 customers in South Carolina are without power.
A firefighter examines a large tree across a road as the effects from Hurricane Ian are felt, Sept. 30, 2022, in Charleston, S.C.
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More than 1.68 million people are still without power in Florida.
Sep 30, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
Ian downgraded to post-tropical cyclone
Ian has become a post-tropical cyclone, but winds remain at 70 mph and the "dangerous storm surge, flash flooding and high wind threat continues," the National Hurricane Center said in its latest bulletin.
Hurricane warning and watch areas have now been discontinued, though a tropical storm warning has been issued from Edisto Beach, South Carolina, to Cape Fear, North Carolina.
A pedestrian navigates a driving rain from Hurricane Ian on September 30, 2022 in Charleston, South Carolina.
