The Latest Breaking News on Floods

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Ian continued its destructive trek across Florida, roughly 2 million households across the state awoke on Thursday without electricity as the Gulf Coast began to assess leveled homes, flooded buildings and streets, and damaged or destroyed road and bridges.

US authorities say full extent of the damage from Hurricane Ian’s strong winds and flooding is not yet known.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Ian continued its destructive trek across Florida, over a million households across the state awoke on Thursday without electricity as residents and emergency crews along the Gulf Coast began to assess the toppled buildings, flooded streets and crippled infrastructure.

As Hurricane Ian lashed Fort Myers with howling winds and sloshed floodwaters over the banks of the Caloosahatchee River, veterinarian Sharon Powell and her husband retreated to the safest place they could find for themselves and their pets — a downtown parking garage.

The biggest threat from the storm may be inland flooding.

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Ian is causing “catastrophic flooding” over east-central Florida Thursday morning as it treks closer to the Atlantic, forecasters said. Once it’s in the Atlantic, Ian is forecast to near hurricane strength before approaching South Carolina.

Utility trucks from Texas are running along Interstate 75 from Miami on their way to the area of southwest Florida ravaged by Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Fiona dumped great amounts of water across larger stretches of land – global heating is to blame

Brits are preparing for a "much wetter and windier autumn" after record-breaking temperatures over the summer. Friday could see early signs of the cold weather as warnings are issued about Hurricane Ian which is predicted to sweeps low pressures across the country