Officials said Saturday that thousands of people have been rescued in the days since Hurricane Ian ripped a wide path of destruction across Florida, and that the death toll rose to nearly three dozen in the state. Meanwhile, more than a million customers remained without power on Saturday, Oct. 1.
The southwest coast of Florida took the brunt of the storm surge when Ian made landfall on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Sanibel and Captiva islands were cut off from the rest of the state when parts of the road connecting the two were destroyed by Ian.
