Florida Governor: 1,900 rescues since hurricane

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Florida Governor: 1,900 rescues since hurricane

Days after the skies cleared and the winds died down in Florida, Hurricane Ian’s effects persisted Monday, as people faced another week without power and others were being rescued from homes inundated with lingering floodwaters.

Days after the skies cleared and the winds died down in Florida, Hurricane Ian’s effects persisted Monday, as people faced another week without power and others were being rescued from homes inundated with lingering floodwaters.



Ten additional deaths were blamed on the storm in Florida as frustration and desperation mounted in the path the storm cut through state.



And the hurricane’s remnants, now a nor’easter, weren’t done with the U.S.

The mid-Atlantic and Northeast coasts were getting flooding rains.



The storm’s onshore winds piled even more water into an already inundated Chesapeake Bay.

At least 78 people have been confirmed dead: 71 in Florida, four in North Carolina and three in Cuba since Ian made landfall on the Caribbean island on Sept. 27 and in Florida a day later.


Search and rescue efforts were still ongoing Monday in Florida.

More than 1,900 people have been rescued statewide, according to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.



Washed-out bridges to barrier islands, flooded roadways, spotty cellphone service and a lack of water, electricity or the internet left hundreds of thousands isolated.

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Speaking at a media briefing late Monday in Cape Coral, Gov. Ron DeSantis said “We have we have stationed in South Florida, 1.6 million gallons of fuel,” and “there’s a lot of fuel available, I think it’s more power, but to the extent there’s fuel, we can run fuel out.”


And DeSantis says FDOT trucks have been deployed to begin working on the temporary bridge fix for Pine Island.

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