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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Slawson

First Thing: ‘catastrophic’ damage in Florida as Hurricane Ian heads to South Carolina

People carrying their belongings wade through water in Fort Myers, Florida, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
People carrying their belongings wade through water in Fort Myers, Florida, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images

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As South Carolina braces for Hurricane Ian to make a second landfall today, the “catastrophic” scale of the damage wreaked by Ian’s 150mph deadly rampage across Florida has become clearer as authorities express fears of a growing death toll.

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