With this decision, federal aid will be sent to Florida to respond to the aftermath of the storm.
US President Joe Biden today, September 29, announced that he is giving Florida, where Hurricane Ian passed, the status of a state affected by a natural disaster. This was reported by the Air Force.
With this decision, federal aid will be sent to Florida to respond to the aftermath of the storm. The assistance includes funds for victims for temporary housing and home repairs, as well as a funding program to help affected businesses and local residents.
In Florida, more than 2.4 million people remain without electricity, a large number of roads and residential areas are flooded, the roofs of residential buildings are torn off, trees are felled, bridges are destroyed.
Local meteorological services have warned of the threat of more severe flooding.
Two dead were reported, but the true number of dead and wounded is still unknown.
When it reached Florida on Wednesday, it was given a Category 4 power rating. Wind gusts reached 250 km/h.
The storm has weakened to a tropical storm today. Maximum wind gusts were reduced to 100 km/h, but meteorologists warned that the storm could bring strong winds and downpours later to parts of Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina.
It can be remembered that on the Gulf Coast of Florida on Wednesday, September 28, Hurricane Ian hit, one of the strongest in the United States in recent years.
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