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An uprooted tree, toppled by strong winds from the outer bands of Hurricane Ian, rests in a parking
lot of a shopping center, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Cooper City, Fla.
Associated Press

Ian makes landfall in southwest Florida

as Category 4 storm Page 11

Minister of Culture was
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) populated Fort Myers. two people and bringing
— Hurricane Ian made Mark Pritchett stepped down the country’s electri-
landfall Wednesday in outside his home in Venice cal grid. presented the work done
southwest Florida as one of around the time the hurri- About 2.5 million people
the most powerful storms cane came ashore about were ordered to evacuate on Education and Culture
ever recorded in the U.S., 35 miles (56 kilometers) to southwest Florida before
swamping city streets with the south. He called it "ter- the storm hit, but but by law Commission Aruba
water and smashing trees rifying." no one could be forced to
along the coast. "I literally couldn't stand flee. Though expected to
The massive storm was ex- against the wind," Pritchett weaken as it marched in-
pected to trigger flood- wrote in a text message. land at about 9 mph (14
ing across a wide area of "Rain shooting like needles. kph), Ian’s hurricane force
Florida as it crawls north- My street is a river. Limbs winds were likely to be felt
eastward, and at least one and trees down. And the well into central Florida.
sheriff's office along the worst is yet to come." “This is going to be a nasty
coast reported that it was The Category 4 storm nasty day, two days,” Flori-
already getting "a signifi- slammed the coast with da Gov. Ron DeSantis said,
cant number of calls" from 150 mph (241 kph) winds stressing that people in
people trapped in their and pushed a wall of storm Ian’s path along the coast
homes. The hurricane's surge accumulated during should rush to the safest
center struck near Cayo its slow march over the Gulf possible shelter and stay
Costa, a protected barrier of Mexico. The storm previ- there. Page 7
island just west of heavily ously tore into Cuba, killing Continued on next page