TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said hundreds of people in Southwest Florida have called authorities for help as Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc, and that the state is trying to confirm whether two people died in the storm.
State officials are trying to confirm whether those deaths were “linked to the storm.” But DeSantis said, “our assumption is that it likely is.”
The governor said reports of numbers of fatalities were unconfirmed.
