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People carrying state containers look for state astatine a organisation halfway organized by the assemblage aft Hurricane Ian caused wide demolition successful St James City, Florida, U.S., October 2, 2022.
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Days after Hurricane Ian deed Florida and the Carolinas, residents are struggling to navigate flooded roads and neighborhoods and national exigency absorption officials are conducting major search-and-rescue efforts amid the destruction.
The recorded decease toll from the tempest surpassed 80 implicit the play and is expected to emergence arsenic floodwaters recede and rescue teams are capable to entree caller areas.
Insurers could besides look costs of up to $57 cardinal from Hurricane Ian's harm successful Florida and South Carolina, hazard modeling steadfast Verisk said Monday.
In Florida, which took the brunt of the hurricane, astir 600,000 homes and businesses were without powerfulness arsenic of Monday morning, down from a highest of 2.6 cardinal connected Thursday, according to PowerOutage.us. More than 1,600 radical person been rescued crossed the state, according to the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
President Joe Biden and archetypal woman Jill Biden are traveling to Florida connected Wednesday to measure the hurricane damage. Last week, the president said the demolition from Hurricane Ian is apt to beryllium among the worst successful the country's history.
"We're conscionable opening to spot the standard of that destruction," the president said during a briefing connected Friday. "It's apt to fertile among the worst ... successful the nation's history."
Broken conception of Pine Island Road and destroyed houses successful Matlacha, Florida
An aerial representation taken connected October 1, 2022 shows a breached conception of the Pine Island Road and destroyed houses successful the aftermath of Hurricane Ian successful Matlacha, Florida.
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People locomotion walk destroyed houses and businesses successful the aftermath of Hurricane Ian successful Matlacha, Florida connected October 1, 2022.
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Home inundated by floodwaters successful North Port, Florida
A presumption from the country aft Hurricane Ian hits Florida connected September 30, 2022 successful North Port, Florida, United States. The tempest has caused wide powerfulness outages and flash flooding successful Central Florida arsenic it crossed done the authorities aft making landfall successful the Fort Myers country arsenic a Category 4 hurricane.
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Sign reads 'Loot and I Shoot' extracurricular of storm-damaged location successful Naples, Florida
A motion reading, "Loot and I Shoot", sits ourtside a storm-damaged location successful the aftermath of Hurricane Ian connected October 2, 2022 successful Naples, Florida.
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Soldiers unload h2o from an service chopper successful Pine Island, Florida
Soldiers unload h2o from an service chopper adjacent the Matlacha/Pine Island Fire Control District Station 1 aft Hurricane Ian caused wide demolition successful Pine Island, Florida, U.S., October 2, 2022.
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A fallen histrion blocks Holt Street successful Charlotte, North Carolina
A fallen histrion blocks Holt Street arsenic Hurricane Ian and its remnants begins to get successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected Sept. 30, 2022.
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Man offers assistance to his neighbors successful Orlando, Florida
A motion connected Chris Bartonâs tract offers assistance to his neighbors whose homes were flooded by rainfall from Hurricane Ian connected October 1, 2022 successful Orlando, Florida.
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Collapsed Sanibel Causeway successful the aftermath of tempest successful Sanibel, Florida
An aerial representation taken connected September 30, 2022 shows the collapsed Sanibel Causeway successful the aftermath of Hurricane Ian successful Sanibel, Florida.
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Rescuers assistance radical trapped successful storm-hit areas successful North Port, Florida
People trapped successful hurricane-hit areas successful North Port, Florida waiting for rescue teams connected September 30, 2022 successful Florida, United States.
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Vehicles and homes submerged successful h2o successful Orlando, Florida
Vehicles and homes submerged successful h2o successful a flooded vicinity pursuing Hurricane Ian successful Orlando, Florida, US, connected Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Two cardinal energy customers successful Florida remained without powerfulness Friday morning, according to the tracking tract poweroutage.us. Photographer: Brian Carlson/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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