The current death toll in Florida sits at 21, with many more expected. As many as 10,000 people in southwest Florida are unaccounted for. In TikTok videos and Facebook posts, worried families shared their desperate pleas and strangers answered their calls, even as local officials urged people to use official channels for help....
...Ian left a broad swath of destruction in Florida, flooding areas from its west to east coasts, tearing homes from their slabs, demolishing beachfront businesses and leaving more than 2.5 million homes and businesses without power. Thousands of utility workers, some from other states, are working to bring back electricity.
Statewide, 85% of Floridians had power; however, in the hard-hit counties of Lee, Charlotte, Collier and Sarasota, more than half of homes and businesses remained without electricity, DeSantis said Friday night.