Hurricane Ian makes landfall in South Carolina, over 200,000 lose power

Hurricane Ian struck South Carolina round 2pm on Friday (Image: Reuters/AP/Getty Pictures)

Hurricane Ian made a second landfall within the continental United States on Friday afternoon when the storm hit South Carolina.

The brutal storm returned to the US shortly after 2pm on Friday. The middle of Hurricane Ian hit the small coastal city of Georgetown – about 40 miles south of Myrtle Seaside and 60 miles north of Charleston.

Ian hit the Palmetto State sustaining winds of 85 mph, making it a Class 1 hurricane. It was briefly downgraded to a tropical storm, however it regained energy because it moved east into the Atlantic.

A pedestrian navigates a driving rain from Hurricane Ian on September 30, 2022 in Charleston, South Carolina (Image: Getty Pictures)

Many elements of downtown Charleston had been flooded, and meteorologists predict the storm surge might attain as excessive as 7 to eight ft in elements of the Carolina coast.

A minimum of 4 piers, together with two in Myrtle Seaside and one on Pawleys Island, have collapsed into the ocean.

Ian is predicted to weaken shortly because it makes its method inland in direction of North Carolina. Nonetheless, authorities are nonetheless warning residents of as far inland as Boone, North Carolina might see energy outages.

A motorist drives although excessive water, as one other turns round in Charleston (Image: AP)

Components of North Carolina are anticipated to see as much as 8 inches of rainwater, Governor Roy Cooper mentioned on Friday.

‘Hurricane Ian is at our door. Count on drenching rain and sustained heavy winds over most of our state,’ he mentioned. ‘Our message right this moment is straightforward: Be sensible and be secure.’

A bicyclist rides by way of the standing water as regulation enforcement blocks the intersection to site visitors in Folly Island (Image: AP)

Greater than 275,000 clients in South Carolina have already misplaced energy. In Florida, some 1.8million persons are nonetheless with out energy as restoration efforts start.

Rescue crews started going door-to-door in a number of the hardest hit elements of southwestern Florida to seek for survivors, in what Florida Governor Ron DeSantis known as a ‘Herculean effort.’

On Thursday, President Biden warned that Hurricane Ian ‘could possibly be the deadliest hurricane in Florida’s historical past.’ As of Friday afternoon, authorities have confirmed 9 deaths from Hurricane Ian, however extra fatalities are anticipated.

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