Coast Guard continues rescues in “unrecognizable” areas, Biden warns reconstruction “will take months, years”
“We are just beginning to see the magnitude of the destruction. Reconstruction will take months, years. This is how US President Joe Biden this Saturday described the disaster Florida has been left behind after the passing of Hurricane ‘Ian’, the most destructive and deadly in its entire history. According to CNN, 45 people have already been killed, but the balance continues to rise as the Coast Guard continues rescues in the places most affected by the phenomenon, downgraded to a tropical cyclone Friday night after making landfall in South Carolina.
Emergency services continued to tour the flooded areas in boats on Saturday to find out the fate of residents trapped in their homes. “We operate in areas that are unrecognizable. There are no road signs. The buildings that were once community landmarks are no longer there,” a Coast Guard member told local media outlets, which estimated interventions carried out in Florida since “Ian’s” arrival on Wednesday at nearly Category 5 at 275. the greatest destruction.
The city of Fort Myers, the “epicenter” of the tragedy, presented a stunning view, according to Governor Ron DeSantis, especially the coastal part of the city on Estero Island. Helicopter footage showed dozens of boats stranded in the streets — some still docked at a mooring — as cars swept away by the hurricane drifted in a nearby bay. “We have to start over. It’s going to take a long time, so we need to get our strength back,” Rich Gibboni, one of the many residents who lost their homes, told AFP.
For its part, the National Hurricane Center (CNH) reported flash flooding in parts of North and South Carolina and Southeast Virginia after “Ian” made very weak landfall near Georgetown Friday night and left without electricity to some 575,000. homes and businesses. The meteor also threatened tornadoes through Saturday morning in these areas, as well as in southeastern Virginia. Meanwhile, more than 1.5 million people were without power in Florida.
The CNH forecast is that “Ian” will disappear completely this morning, although the risk of “moderate” rain and flooding in central Appalachians and the northeastern United States will remain.
Source: La Verdad
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