Tracking Ian: How it will impact the Carolinas, and when

Table Of Content

• Nearly 2.2 million customers are without power across Florida
• Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homes
• Biden warns energy companies not to use Ian as an excuse to hike prices
• After devastating Florida, Ian becomes a hurricane again and heads for South Carolina: Live updates
• Study first to use LiDAR, aerial imagery to remotely assess structural damage and beach structural changes
• Residents arrive at shelters, not knowing whether they will have homes to return to.

But tropical hurricanes and storms affecting Florida between June and November are not covered because the company considers them foreseeable. Throughout Florida, many airports have closed and some hotels have begun preparing to accept evacuees instead of tourists. As of Wednesday afternoon, Hurricane Ian had already contributed to the cancellation of more than 4,000 flights, most within Florida, according to Kathleen Bangs, a spokeswoman for FlightAware, a flight-tracking company. “The biggest stunt was Biden coming in as president and reversing Trump’s policies,” Mr. DeSantis told reporters in Florida days later. He also suggested that the next plane of immigrants might land in Delaware, near the president’s weekend home.

Nearly 2.2 million customers are without power across Florida

That is the total number of Florida households that are without any power as of early Wednesday morning according according to PowerOutage.us. National Guard troops were being positioned in South Carolina to help with the aftermath, including any water rescues. On Thursday afternoon, a steady stream of vehicles left Charleston, a 350-year-old city. The hurricane is predicted to move across Florida to the Atlantic Ocean, where it's expected to regain strength over water and begin to approach the South Carolina coast Thursday. Gov. Ron DeSantis called the storm a "500-year flooding event." President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in Florida on Thursday.

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Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homes

The storm will move through the Piedmont fairly quickly Friday night, which is good news for any flooding. The mountains and foothills of North Carolina will be at a greater risk of flooding as the rain lingers through Saturday morning. Beyond the typical severe weather, there are dangerous heat waves, record-breaking cold snaps or even hazardous winds that could impact people's safety. Those instances would cause WCNC Charlotte's Weather Team to tell everyone they should be Weather Aware.

Biden warns energy companies not to use Ian as an excuse to hike prices

Unrelenting and devastating floodwaters continue to pummel Naples, up through Fort Myers, the islands of Sanibel and Captiva, and into Charlotte County. Photos and videos on Twitter show waters at or above roofs in some areas. Cars have floated away, roofs have ripped off and some houses have lifted off their foundations. The hurricane’s outer bands continue to fling tornadoes which are on the ground for brief periods of time.

After devastating Florida, Ian becomes a hurricane again and heads for South Carolina: Live updates

Tuesday will be a pleasant day to be outside with afternoon high temperatures ranging from the upper 70s around Charlotte, to around 60 degrees in Boone. As Hurricane Ian strengthens in the Atlantic and veers toward the South Carolina coast, officials are assessing the destruction wrought in Florida that is being characterized as likely the largest natural disaster in the state's history. Patronis, who also serves as the state's fire marshal, compared the devastation in the Fort Myers area to the damage left behind by Hurricane Michael, which slammed the Florida Panhandle in 2018 as a Category 5 storm.

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Rain totals could be over 4 inches which will lead to flood concerns, especially east of Charlotte, where we expect to see higher rain totals. For the latest breaking news, weather and traffic alerts, download the WCNC Charlotte mobile app. The airport here seems to have done a great job of try to work through as much of the storm as possible,” Erbs said. She was waiting on a tree removal company to pick up the debris to prevent more damage. She has a preschool at her house and was teaching two students at the time.

Residents arrive at shelters, not knowing whether they will have homes to return to.

Biden told reporters he plans to visit Florida to thank first responders “when conditions allow" and would also meet with DeSantis, if he is available. The president said he intends to visit Puerto Rico, as well. You can sign up for real-time alerts by making sure your phone is set to receive emergency alerts from local, state and federal public safety authorities, as well as downloading the FEMA app. The company says it will continue to closely monitor weather conditions and will assess the impact of Hurricane Ian across its property. “While theme parks and many operating areas remain closed to guests today, we anticipate weather conditions to improve this evening,” the company said in its statement. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp advised residents to take the necessary precautions ahead of Ian's arrival, issuing a state of emergency for all 159 counties in his state.

More than 558,000 of those claims were for residential properties; over 33,000 of the claims were for commercial properties; and almost 600 were from interrupted businesses, according to the data. Nearly 180,000 were for other lines of business, including damaged automobiles. Ian made landfall in Cayo Costa on Sept. 28, 2022, as a category 4 hurricane. In the Orlando area, Orange County firefighters used boats to reach people in a flooded neighborhood. Patients from a nursing home were carried on stretchers across floodwaters to a bus. The hurricane tore through the park of about 60 homes, many of them destroyed or mangled beyond repair, including Goodison’s single-wide home.

North Carolina Emergency Response prepares for storm

They were brought to a local hospital for symptoms of exhaustion and dehydration. Authorities are searching for at least 20 people after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Florida, the U.S. More than 1 million Florida electricity customers didn’t have power as of late afternoon Wednesday, according to the website poweroutage.us. I talked to a reporter who had been down to Punta Gorda Library to talk to folks who are using that library as kind of an internet focal point and I know some of the other libraries have been operating as that as well.

Even areas not in immediate danger from Hurricane Ian were preparing for the possible impacts of the storm. After the storm passes you'll probably want to haul out your portable generator, if you have one. Here are some of the resources you can use to stay informed as the storm progresses. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a briefing early Wednesday afternoon that "not every power outage will be created equal across the state in the next few days."

This image is strikingly similar to one shared when zookeepers at ZooMiami — then Miami Metrozoo — scrambled to create a hurricane shelter for their flamingos in a restroom after the storm demolished their habitat. Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state had around 42,000 crew members on standby to help restore power when the conditions were safe. Data shared by meteorologist Philip Klotzbach of Colorado State University shows Ian tied for fifth place among hurricanes by landfall wind speed. Hurricane Ian is one of the strongest hurricanes by wind speed that’s ever made landfall in recorded U.S. history.

Catastrophic storm surge, heavy rain and 150 mph winds wiped out or damaged structures as well as some roads and bridges, with the Fort Myers area particularly impacted. Widespread rainfall amounts of two to six inches are expected across North Carolina going into early Saturday with locally higher totals up to eight inches. This rainfall could lead to flash flooding, coastal storm surge, landslides in the mountains and rising rivers.