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Mancunian couple shelter in Florida hotel room as windows 'rattle' during one of worst hurricanes ever recorded

"Houses are floating in water and bridges have been blown down. So many people have had to leave their homes, it is just awful."

Manchester Evening News

Hurricane Ian strikes South Carolina as Florida counts cost of destruction

Hurricane Ian slammed into South Carolina on Friday afternoon, making another landfall after a deadly march across Florida that washed away houses, stranded thousands and left an unknown number of people dead.

Reuters

After Ian, the effects in southwest Florida are everywhere

Hurricane Ian was over southwest Florida for just a few hours

The Independent UK

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Hurricane Ian heads for Carolinas after pounding Florida

A revived Hurricane Ian is bearing down on South Carolina’s coast and the historic city of Charleston, with forecasters predicting a storm surge and floods

The Independent UK

UK Weather forecast: Warning of travel chaos on roads as 75mph winds set to batter Brits

Motorists 'need to make sure they're not caught off guard' when high winds and heavy rain impact road conditions in parts of the UK today, a breakdown company says

Daily Mirror

Queensland motorists warned roads still waiting for flood repairs could become more dangerous as harvests ramp up

Regional roads are in a bad state and they're about to get worse, with motorists warned the large number of trucks sent to collect a bumper harvest could see conditions deteriorate.

ABC News

Florida begins to assess devastation wrought by Hurricane Ian

FORT MYERS, Fla. — On the vacation island resorts of Sanibel and Captiva, rescuers flew in on helicopters because the roads from the mainland of Southwest Florida had collapsed into San Carlos Bay. To the south, Fort Myers Beach, once a lively town center of fish restaurants and bars, was…

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Key Largo is so flooded that crocs swim in streets — and you can’t even flush the toilet?

KEY LARGO, Fla. — For years, American crocodiles have be seen lounging, mouths agape, on boat ramps in the Key Largo neighborhood of Stillwright Point.

Miami Herald

US hero jumps into sea surge as Hurricane Ian rages before rescuing trapped neighbour

Gage Long has told how his apartment block in Fort Myers, Florida, was battered by Hurricane Ian and that he jumped into the sea surge to rescue a trapped neighbour from her home as the water rose

Daily Mirror

Hurricane Ian sweeps away homes, memories on barrier islands

Cars are left abandoned where they stalled on the road into Fort Myers Beach when the Hurricane Ian's storm surge flooded their engines and their drivers couldn’t continue

The Independent UK

Thousands trapped in flooded homes in Florida as Ian regains hurricane strength

Rescue crews piloted boats and waded through inundated streets Thursday to save thousands of Floridians trapped amid flooded homes and shattered buildings left by Hurricane Ian, which crossed into the Atlantic Ocean and churned toward another landfall in South Carolina.

France 24

Ian’s path of ruin: Sanibel bridge severed, Gulf Coast cities flooded, at least 12 dead

Miami Herald

Hurricane Ian death toll rises in storm-stricken areas. ‘Takes days’ or longer to determine

MIAMI — About a dozen people have died due to Hurricane Ian, which President Joe Biden has said could be the “deadliest” in Florida history.

Miami Herald

Woman braves Hurricane Ian flood to check on stranger's mom

As Hurricane Ian swept across southwest Florida, Christine Bomlitz grew anxious

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Pensioner dies draining pool as Hurricane Ian batters Florida with 155mph winds and rain

Police believe the man was using a hose to drain the pool down a hill and into a 30-foot-wide canal, where a steep decline into the water was extremely soft and slippery due to the heavy rain

Salon

Prep your pantry for hurricane season

At the height of hurricane season, it's more important than ever to prepare for the worst

Bangkok Post

Noru kills 1, wreaks havoc upcountry

Tropical depression Noru, formerly a super typhoon, has left four northeastern provinces awash, with one person dead and two others injured as it reached the upper section of Thailand on Thursday, said the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.

The Guardian - US

Man saves stranded cat from rising Hurricane Ian flood water in viral video

Video has since been viewed 3.4m times on Twitter and has garnered praise and celebration

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Morning mail: deadly wake of Florida hurricane, Putin to annex Ukraine land, Australia’s food waste bill climbs

Friday: Rescue crews in Florida are searching for residents trapped by floods in the path of Hurricane Ian, as Joe Biden warns of loss of life. Plus: is Australia on track to becoming a republic?

Miami Herald

Florida power company says 1.2 million customers facing outages because of Hurricane Ian

MIAMI — Florida Power & Light reported more than 1.2 million of its customers have no electricity because of Hurricane Ian. Some users are regaining power, but many others will be left without electricity for days.

ABC News

Full dams leave NSW farmers divided over flood risk and drought preparation ahead of more rain

All NSW dams are now sitting above 90 per cent capacity, prompting debate over how they should be managed amid the threat of flooding from La Niña and concerns about future drought.

The Independent UK

Why you shouldn’t linger in hurricane floodwaters

Multiple parts of Florida were left underwater due to Hurricane Ian this week

The Hindu

After the floods, Bengaluru needs to clean up its act

Everybody has a favourite villain to blame, yet the herd of restive elephants in the room is led by a particularly malevolent matriarch — corruption

Salon

FL sheriff declined to evacuate inmates

Sheriff Carmine Marceno refused to evacuate 457-bed Fort Myers jail even though it was in mandatory evacuation zone

The Independent UK

Biden to visit Florida when ‘conditions allow’ after Hurricane Ian devastation

President Joe Biden says the entire United States "hurts" along with the people of Florida after Hurricane Ian flooded communities across the state

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