Sep 29, 2022 - Science
In photos: Hurricane Ian's impact across Florida
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A woman gets help climbing from a muddy area of Tampa, Florida, on Sept. 28. Photo: Ben Hendren/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Hurricane Ian was pummeling communities across the Florida Peninsula on Thursday morning, a day after making landfall as a major Category 4 storm.
The big picture: Ian weakened to a Category 1 storm overnight, but it was still posing a serious threat with its heavy rains, powerful winds, storm surge and life-threatening flooding as it churned toward Georgia and South Carolina, knocking out power to over 2 million Floridians in its wake.
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