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The boat sank as Hurricane Ian approached Florida's west coast, bringing storm surges, roaring wind and punishing rain to much of the state. Gusty winds, along with rainfall as the storm passes through could lead to some trees down and power outages. Thousand remain in the dark due to power outages across the state.
A wary Charleston gets ready as Ian approaches
"You see these waters out here, you need to be careful," marina owner Butch Broome told WTOC-TV. Melbourne Orlando International Airport also reopened Friday morning, and Orlando International Airport plans to resume passenger flights after noon. Roughly 800 bridges across the state have been inspected and reopened, including 67 in Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota and Manatee counties that were deemed "high priority," DeSantis said. He also believes that all of the state's ports will be operational by the end of Saturday. He also described a specific harrowing scene in a location that was not specified, of a completely flooded house with what is believed to be bodies inside. Guthrie said officials have confirmed a storm-related death in Polk County.
Ports in Tampa Bay, Canaveral reopening
It's the story of eastern North Carolina and our struggles with environmental racism. It also chronicles the resistance and the birth of the environmental justice movement, which also happened right here in eastern North Carolina. The bill could reach the desk of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, a longtime opponent of private-school vouchers, as soon as next week if the House votes on the Senate language. Republicans have narrow veto-proof majorities in both chambers that could override any Cooper veto. Scattered rain showers will still be possible in the Carolinas for Saturday and Sunday.
Biden declares state of emergency for South Carolina
Twenty other deaths have been reported, he said, but they are awaiting medical examination to determine if they were storm-related. Those include 12 deaths in Charlotte County and eight in Collier County. The American Red Cross was on the ground in Florida even before Hurricane Ian made landfall, with hundreds of volunteers and trained disaster workers helping with relief efforts.
I left news because I wasn't really being accountable to communities in the way that I would have preferred. As a reporter, you talk to people on the worst day ever, and you don't really get sent back until it's the worst day ever. The private-school scholarships began a decade ago focused on children in low-income families. More recently eligibility expanded to middle-class families. Scholarship levels are tiered based on family income — ranging from up to $7,468 for the lowest-income families to $3,360 for the highest income level.
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In a press conference addressing Hurricane Ian damage and recovery efforts, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Friday expressed concern over looting and robberies in impacted areas. “In Charlotte, we have a lot of big trees with big limbs and so we work on that throughout the year to make sure those trees are trimmed appropriately,” Kureczka said. The State Emergency Response Team will activate Thursday at the State Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh and plans to move to 24-hour operations on Friday morning. Recent dry conditions could diminish the overall flood risk.
The Carolinas were experiencing "life-threatening" storm surge Friday, as well as damaging winds and flash flooding, according to the National Hurricane Center. Ian slammed coastal South Carolina as a hurricane on Friday, ripping apart piers and flooding streets after the ferocious storm caused catastrophic damage in Florida. As Ian moved across South Carolina on its way to North Carolina Friday evening, it dropped from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone.
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— Power crews are working to restore power to the thousands of Carolinians without power on Saturday after Ian impacted both North Carolina and South Carolina. Thankfully, my house did not flood, but my neighborhood did – stranding us for several days. As Florence dumped inch after inch of rain on us, I spent countless minutes – perhaps hours – staring out the window as the water was rising in the street and inching up the front yard.
State of Emergency in NC ahead of Hurricane Idalia - WCNC.com
State of Emergency in NC ahead of Hurricane Idalia.
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Charleston is seeing impacts of Ian
Although flooding can happen anytime of the year, it’s especially important for residents to take time in advance of hurricane season, which begins June 1, to prepare. We’ve seen storms before the season starts and after it has ended. Idalia had crossed into Georgia on a path toward the Carolinas.
Streets in the 350-year-old city were largely empty, an ordinarily packed morning commute silenced by the advancing storm. “Hurricanes and tropical storms are not just a coastal event. A tropical storm warning was issued for the area around Charlotte, which will see rain move in Friday morning. Tuesday, Hurricane Ian has winds of 120 mph, and is moving to the north-northeast at 10 mph, as a category three hurricane.
There is still rain in the forecast for Saturday, but no longer a flooding risk. The latest forecast track has Hurricane Ian making landfall by Wednesday evening between Tampa and Fort Myers, Florida, near Sarasota, as a major hurricane, with winds of 130 mph possible. The forward progress of Ian will slow after making landfall through the day Thursday into early Friday.
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