Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida, but it was so powerful that it also caused a devastating impact a couple hundred miles away in Daytona. Footage released by Daytona Beach Police shows massive flooding in a Daytona neighborhood.
Kevin Guthrie, director of Florida's Division of Emergency Management, said there have been more than 700 rescues so far in the state in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
Guthrie said they are still in"hasty search" mode, while the governor said there are more than 1,000 rescue personnel going up and down the Florida coast. The emergency response to the situation has been a"herculean effort" as communities continue to suffer, said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Guthrie said officials have confirmed a storm-related death in Polk County. Twenty other deaths have been reported, he said, but they are awaiting medical examination to determine if they were storm-related. Those include 12 deaths in Charlotte County and eight in Collier County.He also described a specific harrowing scene in a location that was not specified, of a completely flooded house with what is believed to be bodies inside.
"The water was up over the rooftop. But we had a Coast Guard rescue swimmer swim down into it and he could identity there appeared to be human remains. We do not know exactly how many," Guthrie said."We do not know what the situation is. And before we comment on that - we want to be transparent - but we just don't know that number."Rescue teams need the water to recede and are awaiting special equipment to investigate those situations further.
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