Tag: hurricane update

More than 2.5 million Florida customers remained without power Thursday morning after Hurricane Ian, now a tropical storm, slammed into the state as one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit the United States, wreaking massive destruction and floods that trapped many in their homes. Ian was downgraded to a tropical storm Thursday morning after making landfall as a major Category 4 hurricane on Florida's southwest coast Wednesday afternoon, bringing 150 mph winds and life-threatening storm surge. Early Thursday, maximum sustained winds reduced to 65 mph with stronger gusts, but the storm has continued to wreak havoc as it heads northeast. Its core is predicted to travel off Florida's east-central coast later Thursday before nearing the South Carolina coast on Friday. D...