There were at least two deaths on Sanibel Island, Florida, after Hurricane Ian struck the region, Sanibel’s city manager says.
Crystal MinayaSarasota Vice Mayor Kyle Battie told MSNBC on Thursday his home “looked like a war zone” in the wake of Hurricane Ian.Sarasota, on the west coast of Florida not far from where Ian made landfall, was hit with hurricane-force winds. “A number of downed trees, and some home damage, due to the wind,” he said.
“Ian forecast to produce life-threatening flooding, storm surge and strong winds across portions of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas,” it said in its Thursday afternoon advisory. “It got hit with really biblical storm surge and it washed away roads, it washed away structures that were not new and could withstand that,” he said at a Thursday afternoon news briefing.gaping hole in the causeway that connects the island to the mainland
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