Hurricane Ian, with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour (140 km/h), made landfall this Friday in Georgetown, South Carolina (USA), the third time he has done so since his formation in the Caribbean center last weekend.
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Ian will leave the South Carolina coast with storm surge and flooding that is already hitting the Carolinas, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
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At 2:00 p.m. local time (6:00 p.m. GMT), Ian’s center was located in Atlantic waters 90 km (55 miles) east-northeast of Charleston, South Carolina.
Travels at a speed of 24 km/h (15 m/h)and Ian is forecast to turn north-northwestward overnight tonight.
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According to the observatory based in Miami (Florida), the force 1 hurricane will move through eastern South Carolina inland, also reaching central North Carolina tonight and Saturday.
Ian “should weaken quickly” after making landfall and degrade into a post-tropical cyclone this Friday night.
It is forecast to dissipate over western North Carolina or Virginia on Saturday night, the NHC detailed.
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Since its formation in the central Caribbean last weekend, Ian, the fourth hurricane of 2022, has left a trail of destruction, especially in western Cuba and Florida, where it crossed the peninsula from west to east to reach the Atlantic. .
The hurricane can cause storm surge along the Carolinas coast with sea level rise of up to 7 feet (11.2 meters), according to the NHC.
Watches and advisories issued by the NHC range from northeast Florida to North Carolina.
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Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km) and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 485 miles (780 km).
In addition to storm surge, Ian is going to dump heavy rains, with the risk of flooding and overflowing of rivers, and waves and currents in the sea. There is also a risk of tornadoes in the areas where it will pass.
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Florida counts the damage after devastation
First responders and soldiers are working hard in Florida this Friday to restore normalcy after Ian hit, which is shaping up to be the most devastating hurricane in the state’s history and has so far left untold damage to infrastructure, while uncertainty remains about the number dead.
With only one confirmed deceased two days after the cyclone made landfalland 20 yet to be confirmed, Ian is now approaching, bringing maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour (140 km/h) to the South Carolina coast.
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The Carolinas are rushing with final preparations after seeing the path of destruction left in Florida by winds, storm surge and flooding from rains, devastation that Governor Ron DeSantis came to classify as biblical in some places on the West Coast.
The priority now is reach all the people who remain isolated in flooded areaswith an eye on the uncertainty of what will be the balance of deaths due to the direct cause of the hurricane, which hit the peninsula with category 4.
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Conditions are still very complicated in many areas, solitary confinement aggravates the rescue and also almost 2 million subscribers continue today without electricity service, according to data from PowerOutage, a website specializing in blackouts.
A drone team is also helping with damage assessment and rescue by some 7,000 National Guard soldiers from Florida and other states, and helicopters are also being landed for rescue operations on islands that have been completely cut off.
EFE
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