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Hurricane Ian on Friday made its second landfall, this time in South Carolina as a Category 1 storm, even as Florida continues to recover from the devastation of the first landfall.
The storm was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone about three hours after making the second landfall, but officials in both South Carolina and Florida warned that Ian and its aftermath still pose grave danger.
More than 1.3 million customers in Florida were without power early Saturday, three days after Ian slammed into the state. In South Carolina, just under 70,000 homes and businesses were without power after the hurricane hit.
At least 23 people were killed in the storm in Florida, according to state officials, but that number could grow.
President Joe Biden warned that Ian could ultimately be responsible for “substantial loss of life” and could end up being the deadliest storm in the state’s history.
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