Authorities believe the actual death toll could be twice as high.
Florida authorities, in the United States, have brought the death toll from Hurricane ‘Ian’ that swept through the state to at least 21.
As described this Friday by Florida Division of Emergency Management director Kevin Guthrie, authorities can confirm only one death at this time, although 20 more are believed to have been killed in the absence of an official statement.
Ian’s combination of high winds, rain and storm surge has flooded homes, blocked roads and left more than two million people without power, according to US network CNN.
United States President Joe Biden has already warned that ‘Ian’ could be the ‘deadliest’ hurricane in the history of the state of Florida, which has already been declared a catastrophic area by the government.
The hurricane is moving northwest and the eye of the same is expected to make landfall all Friday in the states of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, the last state to also declare the emergency zone.
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) has warned that the hurricane is expected to cause “life-threatening flooding, storm surge and high winds” in North Carolina and its southern neighbor.
‘Ian’ made landfall in Florida on Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane, with wind gusts up to 240 miles per hour.
Source: La Verdad
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