WASHINGTON – Florida authorities confirmed this Friday that at least 23 people died as a result of Hurricane Ian, a figure that could still increase considerably and that, according to the count of the CNN television network, it is already practically double, 45.
The official figure of 23 deceased was published this Friday by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission, which also reported that the victims have between and 92 years old, and most of them showed signs of drowning.
The bodies were found floating in flooded streets and on the beach, as well as in some cases inside vehicles.
The hurricane quickly downgraded to a post-tropical system this Friday shortly after making landfall in South Carolina (USA).
According to the latest report from the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), Ian , yes However, it continues to offer “dangerous storm surge, flash flooding and high winds” for the Carolinas and western Virginia.
“Just because the storm has passed, don’t think there is no danger”, DeSantis said this Friday afternoon at a press conference in St. Augustine (east) in reference to the dangers of downed power lines and gas leaks.
The priority now is to reach all the people who are still isolated in flooded areas, with an eye on the uncertainty of what the death toll will be as a direct cause of the hurricane, which hit the peninsula with category 4.
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