The floods caused by Hurricane Ian in Florida uncovered human remains in a cemetery near Orlando.
The fury of the system that hit the state as a category 4 this Wednesday led to Cemetery caskets in Oakland will float above the ground exposing body parts. One of the trees felled by the rains and winds of the phenomenon impacted a coffin.
A Fox News video shows the devastation in space. Oakland is less than 20 miles from Orlando.
Some people came to the cemetery to make sure that the exposed remains will not be those of their loved ones.
“My family buried our grandmother here last Tuesday,” he told FOX 35 a resident. “Right now, this is too much. It’s hard to believe,” he added.
The interviewee also indicated that his uncle was supposed to be buried in the cemetery this Saturday, but due to the emergency, it is now unknown when he will be buried. will be buried.
Florida authorities reported today that so far only one person has been confirmed dead as a direct consequence of Hurricane Ian, although there are others 20 pending confirmation by forensic experts.
“People die during disasters, but not all of those deaths are from a direct cause,” said Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, as quoted by the Efe news agency .
As of this Thursday, there were more than 2.5 million customers without electricity, while thousands remained trapped in their homes by the floods and some roads remained impassable.
The system made landfall in the afternoon on Wednesday in Cayo Costa, in the southwest of the state with winds of 240 kilometers / hour (35 mph) and crossed the peninsula to the east to exit the Atlantic. The hurricane was temporarily downgraded to a tropical storm. Currently, it is headed for the coast of South Carolina as a hurricane and is expected to make landfall between noon and afternoon this Friday.
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