Hurricane Ian victims return to battered homes as dying toll continues to rise

At minimum 132 men and women have died due to Hurricane Ian, according to local officials, as the dying toll proceeds to climb extra than a week soon after the effective storm tore across Cuba and the japanese United States.

Research and rescue operations proceed in Florida following Hurricane Ian devastated big parts of the condition as a potent Category 4 hurricane with winds up to 150 mph. 

Hurricane Ian is now the second-deadliest storm in the continental United States in the 21st Century since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The deadliest hurricane at any time to hit the U.S. was the Excellent Galveston Hurricane in Texas in1900 that killed approximately 8,000 men and women.

Kathy Hickey, 70, very carefully picks her way by way of particles from destroyed trailers in the cellular house park wherever she and her spouse Bruce experienced a winter home, a trailer initially procured by Kathy's mother in 1979, on San Carlos Island in Fort Myers Beach front, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, a single 7 days following the passage of Hurricane Ian.  (G3 Box News Photograph/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida

According to the Florida Professional medical Commissioner, there was at least 123 deaths described in 15 counties across the state. 

Regions in just Lee County, which includes Sanibel Island and Fort Myers, are struggling with main harm in the wake of Hurricane Ian.

"Regrettably the loss of life toll has risen to 59 overall fatalities" Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a push meeting on Thursday.

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Underneath is a list of storm-associated fatalities by county in Florida:

• Lee County – 59 fatalities
• Charlotte County -24
• Monroe County - 7
• Sarasota County - 6
• Volusia County - 5
• Collier County – 5
• Hardee County - 4
• Manatee County - 3
• Putnam County - 3
• Polk County - 2
• Hillsborough County - 1
• Lake County - 1
• Hendry County - 1
• Martin County - 1
• Osceola County - 1

In a push launch, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that over 2,500 rescues have been created, as to start with responders proceed to assist people whose properties have been demolished by the hurricane.

Problems from Hurricane Ian is found on the causeway main to Sanibel Island, track record, from Fort Myers, Fla., Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.  (G3 Box News Picture/Gerald Herbert)

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North Carolina

Five folks in North Carolina have died as a final result of Hurricane Ian, Gov. Roy Cooper mentioned on Tuesday in a push launch. 

4 of five fatalities in North Carolina concerned site visitors crashes. Three of the men and women who died have been in Johnston County.

Virginia

Virginia State Law enforcement report 19-yr-aged Dylan B. Covington was driving exterior of Lynchburg, Virginia, on Friday night when the combination of gusty winds and hefty rainfall toppled a tree onto his auto.

Troopers noted the driver was wearing his seatbelt but died at the scene.

People today are witnessed wading as a result of waistline-deep water in Cuba right after Hurricane Ian thrashed the western part of the state Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. (Getty Pictures)

Cuba

According to a report from the United Nations, three people died in Cuba from Hurricane Ian.

Injury assessments are however underway throughout the island nation, but an original survey said a lot more than 100,000 properties had been damaged or wrecked by the potent hurricane.

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