The death toll in Florida after the passage of Hurricane Ian rises to 21 despite the fact that more could be confirmed

The death toll from Hurricane Ian in Florida has risen to 50, according to authorities and various local media ; however, the number could be higher due to the number of missing persons.

Florida Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said that 12 deaths in Charlotte County, although eight from Collier County remain unconfirmed from the hurricane. At least one death from the hurricane is also believed to have been recorded in Polk County, the Tallahassee Democrat reported.

In Lee County, officials have not provided updates, which has been a one of the most affected areas due to the category 4 storm that made landfall on Wednesday in Cayo Costa, southwest Florida.

Local Lee County officials said there were at least seven deaths from of the storm Meanwhile, two deaths were recorded in Sarasota.

For his part, Guthrie pointed out that officials are still working to determine the exact number of victims of the inclement weather after the storm passed.

Director Guthrie noted that a Coast Guard swimmer had to dive underwater to enter a submerged house, and identified possible human remains.

“He was able to identify what which appeared to be human remains. But we don’t know exactly how many,” Guthrie added. “We just don’t know that number.

Guthrie also specified that 3,000 Rescue personnel went door to door in some of the worst affected areas.

The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, highlighted this Friday that more than 000,000 people responded to a survey and said they were safe, from 20, that were consulted. The number is expected to rise as more people show up at shelters, hotels, among other places.

The Republican governor added that 1.9 million power outages were still reported, with Hardee County with little electricity. Lee and Charlotte counties had 85% without power, 80% in DeSoto, Sarasota with 50%, and Hillsborough and Pinellas counties were without power around 15% Of customers.