How to help victims of Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian knocked out Cuba's power grid, devastated millions in Florida and is now on its way up the East Coast.
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Hurricane Ian knocked out Cuba's power grid, devastated millions in Florida and is now on its way up the East Coast.
It could bring a "life-threatening" storm surge to South Carolina, forecasters say. Ian left catastrophic destruction in Florida and is being blamed for at least six deaths there.
Ivette Garrido hurried last week to get the 13 pounds of subsidized chicken allotted to her family by Cuba's government and put it in the freezer, happy to have meat to get through Hurricane Ian.
Major storms tend to make wildlife more active, and that's not the only hazard lurking in floodwaters.
Water flooded homes in Fort Myers, leading some to think they would not make it out alive.
The storm surge flooded the Port Charlotte building's lower level ER while fierce winds tore part of the 4th floor roof from its ICU, a doctor said.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Thursday that there were more than 2 million power outages in Southwest Florida alone and that at least two counties will likely need their infrastructure rebuilt.
Federal Emergency Management Agency officials briefed the president on the massive storm Thursday.
Clearwater marketing firm announces its offices would close during storm after facing backlash online.
Tourism, agriculture and mining expected to be the hardest-hit sectors after storm rips through Florida.
"We are heart sick and devastated, but our community will prove to be so much stronger than Ian," Mayor Holly Smith said of the island, which has been cut off from Florida's mainland.
Daytona Beach is located on the opposite side of where Ian first made landfall on Wednesday as a Category 4 storm.
Officials are warning those in the powerful storm's path to remain vigilant.
One of the ways to get information from the boundary layer includes using an unmanned drone that can fly in and around the highest wind gusts.
The storm surge from Hurricane Ian caused major flooding in parts of Florida.
It made landfall over southwestern Florida as a major Category 4 hurricane and, while downgraded, was still packing a powerful punch overnight.
The International Space Station shared "spectacular but frightening shots" of Hurricane Ian as it made landfall in Florida.
Ian made landfall in Cuba's Pinar del Rio province, where officials set up 55 shelters, evacuated 50,000 people, and took steps to protect crops in the nation's main tobacco-growing region.
The satellite is positioned about 22,300 miles above Earth.
Images show the body of water looked like it had been drained and dried out.
"Part of it was, I had to work," one man said of why he didn't evacuate.
As Hurricane Ian makes landfall, chain shutters 21 restaurants in evacuation zones and low-lying areas across the state.
Four people on the boat were able to swim to shore, officials said.
A Category 5 hurricane has winds of 157 mph or higher. These are the only four hurricanes in the history of the U.S. that have made landfall at that level.
Carnival and Disney offer refunds and credits after pulling the plug on sailings planned from now-shuttered ports.