Hurricane Ian unleashes “catastrophic storm surge, winds and flooding” after making landfall in Florida as high-end category 4 storm

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa, Florida as a powerful Category 4 storm, bringing “catastrophic storm surge, winds and flooding” to the southwestern coast. Storm Chaser Logan Parham tells Anderson Cooper about the intense wind and rain he experienced in Venice, Florida. Plus, Thomas Podgorny is trapped in his home in Fort Myers. He joins AC360 to describe the flooding in his home and why he’s so worried about his neighbors. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening tonight for people in Florida.
0:02.8	There is one story tonight.
0:04.6	It is far from over and will not be over anytime soon.
0:07.9	When Hurricane Ian made landfall along Florida Southwestern coast this afternoon, it came
0:11.8	ashore as near category five strength as a high category four after building for hours
0:18.0	as it approached.
0:42.8	Right now it is still a category three storm.
0:45.7	All in major hurricane with damaging winds spanning out 175 miles from the center.
1:08.4	No less troubling than the winds tonight potentially been worse.
1:11.2	Hurricane Ian is still pushing a massive storm surge on shore.
1:15.7	Forecast is high as 18 feet in places where building and living close to the water is
1:20.9	why so many people move there.
1:23.0	Take a look.
1:24.0	This is Fort Myers Beach and that is a community outreach center knocked off its foundation
1:29.2	and floating down the street.
1:31.3	Making matters worse the flood waters affecting residents are doing the same to rescuers, a fire
1:35.8	station here in Naples is what first responders are up against along with anyone needing
1:40.5	emergency help.
1:42.1	And again these conditions are not expected to improve throughout the night if anything
1:46.0	forecasters say they are likely to get worse as the storm surge comes in.
1:50.6	More rain falls on already saturated ground and high winds continue.
1:54.7	Now already more than 1.8 million people are without power.
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