Nearly a week after Hurricane Ian smashed into Florida, hundreds of thousands of people faced another day without electricity as rescuers pressed on with their search for anyone trapped inside flooded and damaged homes.
'I think they should give power to the people who are most in need,' says Florida residentJoe Shaw, top, and some friends navigate his flooded street in Geneva, Fla., on Tuesday after Lake Harney crested eight feet above sea level due to Hurricane Ian.
At least 75 people were killed in Florida, five in North Carolina, three in Cuba and one in Virginia since Ian made landfall on the Caribbean island on Sept. 27, a day before it reached Florida's Gulf Coast.Power restoration is priority In Naples, Kelly Sedgwick was just seeing news footage Monday of the devastation Ian had caused, thanks to power that was restored four days after the hurricane slammed into her Gulf Coast community of roughly 22,000 people.
Eric Silagy, chairman and CEO of Florida Power and Light, said the utility has invested $4 billion US over the last 10 years to harden its infrastructure by doing things such as burying more power lines, noting that 40 per cent of its distribution system is now underground. Residents behind a 'you loot, we shoot' sign clean up their flooded property in North Port, Fla., on Tuesday. Residents in the area continue to clean up in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
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