Death toll from Hurricane Ian in southeastern United States rises to 77

MADRID, 2 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

At least 77 people have died in Florida and North Carolina, United States, as a result of Hurricane 'Ian', which is hitting the country and has left in its wake floods, power outages and massive destruction after registering winds of up to 241 kilometers per hour.

The weather phenomenon, which made landfall in Florida last Wednesday as a category four hurricane, has brought with it a combination of strong winds, rain and storm surge, killing nearly eight dozen people, NBC reported.

The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, has reported that at least 1,100 rescues have been carried out since the hurricane made landfall in the United States, according to the same television network.

This Saturday, Rear Admiral Brendan McPherson, who commands the Coast Guard in the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, said on the Today Show that the power outages were complicating rescue efforts, as affected people had no phone service.

In addition, he explained that most of the areas that had been isolated in southwest Florida had been accessed by air or by urban search and rescue teams that went door to door by boat.

For its part, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has warned this Friday about possible flash floods in urban and rural areas of the central Appalachians and the southern region of the Mid-Atlantic during this weekend, in which they also expect accumulations of water. of record in Florida.