At least one person in Florida was confirmed dead on the state’s eastern coast.
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Mainers with Florida connections monitor Hurricane Ian, stay in touch with family
As the powerful storm makes landfall in Florida, those who live there are holed up at their homes, awaiting the onslaught of wind and water.
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Hurricane Ian swamps southwest Florida, trapping people in homes
The hurricane’s center came ashore with 150 mph winds near Cayo Costa, a protected barrier island just west of heavily populated Fort Myers.
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Ian slams into southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian has rapidly intensified off Florida’s coast, gaining top winds of 155 mph, just shy of the most devastating Category 5 hurricane status
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Interactive Map: Track Ian as it crosses Florida
One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. was barreling across the Florida peninsula overnight, threatening catastrophic flooding inland.
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Hurricane Ian strikes Cuba, Florida braces for winds, floods
The storm is to get even stronger over the warm Gulf of Mexico, reaching top winds of 130 mph as it approaches the southwest coast of Florida.
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Fiona washes houses away, knocks out power in Canada
The post-tropical cyclone has the lowest pressure ever recorded for a storm making landfall in the nation.
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Fiona bears down on northeast Canada as big, powerful storm
Meteorologists are warning that Fiona has the potential to be one of the most severe storms in the country’s history.
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Photo: Walking in the rain
Many areas of the state were under a flood watch Monday afternoon and into the evening.
