Over One Million Without Power As Ian Rages [VIDEO]

CBS News reports:

Hurricane Ian is so powerful that its winds were just a few miles per hour shy of becoming a Category 5 storm as it made landfall in Florida on Wednesday. And it didn’t take long for it to unleash its wrath on Florida’s power grids.

Ian’s eye began moving onshore at Sanibel and Captiva islands by midday on Wednesday. More than one million people had their power knocked out, according to tracking on poweroutage.us.

Southwest Florida has so far bore the brunt of the impact, with Lee County — home to Fort Myers — reporting more than 326,000 outages, affecting nearly 50% of its tracked customers. Neighboring Collier County had more than 99,000 outages reported at the same time.

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Power outages just topped one million in Florida as #HurricaneIan moves onshore. Keep in mind this is customers/households, so the actual number of individuals will be higher. @foxweather pic.twitter.com/az1jMSD03U

— Jordan Overton (@JordanoWX) September 28, 2022

Punta Gorda, FL just recorded a 124mph wind gust. Cape Coral gusts to 110mph. #Ian is one of the strongest hurricanes on record to hit Florida. More than 1 million statewide without power. pic.twitter.com/5R2dYPgGnC

— Jacqui Jeras (@JacquiJerasTV) September 28, 2022

Powerful winds, extreme Storm Surge, in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, as Hurricane #Ian moves ashore. pic.twitter.com/JaN6Z5UgZY

— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) September 28, 2022

Major storm surge in Fort Myers Beach from a @winknews viewer. #flwx #Ian @spann @StormHour pic.twitter.com/9qwr7OSl2v

— Dylan Federico (@DylanFedericoWX) September 28, 2022

The @NHC_Atlantic is warning of “catastrophic storm surge” from Hurricane #Ian. Watch how quickly the water rose in Fort Myers Beach, FL.

w/ @SevereStudios & @weatherchannel pic.twitter.com/21JY4ECl5j

— Pattrn (@pattrn) September 28, 2022