More than 2.6 million Florida customers — about 24% in the state — were without power Thursday as now-Tropical Storm Ian continues to move northeast across the state on its way to the Carolinas.
The big picture: Ian unleashed widespread life-threatening storm surge flooding after making landfall as a high-end Category 4 storm near Cayo Costa Wednesday afternoon. Officials in coastal communities were responding to multiple water rescues. In Port Charlotte, storm surge flooded a hospital emergency room, per AP.
