A truck pulls a man on a kayak on a low-lying road after flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, in Key West, Fla., Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2022.
People walk on the Ballast Point Pier ahead of Hurricane Ian on Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian's most damaging winds have begun hitting Florida's southwest coast as the storm approaches landfall.
People walk where water is receding out of Tampa Bay due to a negative surge ahead of Hurricane Ian, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Tampa, Fla.
An airplane is left overturned by a likely tornado produced by the outer bands of Hurricane Ian on Wednesday at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Fla.
People in raincoats walk along International Drive in Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday as the first effects of Hurricane Ian are felt in central Florida.
An uprooted tree, toppled by strong winds from the outer bands of Hurricane Ian, rests in a parking lot of a shopping center on Wednesday in Cooper City, Fla.
Robert and Donna Antognoni work to secure a tarp ahead of Hurricane Ian, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Saint Petersburg, Fla. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian's most damaging winds have begun hitting Florida's southwest coast as the storm approaches landfall. The hurricane's center neared Florida on Wednesday after rapidly intensifying overnight, gaining top winds of 155 mph.
Hurricane Ian is seen from the International Space Station on Wednesday.
This satellite image taken at 3:06 p.m. EDT and provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Ian making landfall in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Fla., on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, as a catastrophic Category 4 storm.
This image provided by the Florida Department of Transportation shows an emergency vehicle traveling on the Sunshine Skyway over Tampa Bay, Fla., on Wednesday.
An apartment building was damaged by an apparent overnight tornado spawned from Hurricane Ian at Kings Point 55+ community in Delray Beach, Fla., on Wednesday.
Utility trucks are staged near the Orange County Convention center ahead of Hurricane Ian on Wednesday in Orlando, Fla.
Utility trucks are staged in a rural lot in The Villages of Sumter County, Fla., on Wednesday morning in preparation for Hurricane Ian.
Ivan Mendoza begins to repair damage at his mobile home in Davie, Fla., early Wednesday.
Zuram Rodriguez surveys the damage around her mobile home in Davie, Fla., early Wednesday.
People stand along a waterfront as huge waves crash against a seawall in the wake of Hurricane Ian in Havana, Cuba, on Wednesday. Cuba remained in the dark early Wednesday after Ian knocked out its power grid and devastated some of the country's most important tobacco farms when it hit the island's western tip as a major storm.
Mercedes Valdez holds her dog Kira as she waits for transportation after losing her home to Hurricane Ian in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, on Tuesday.
A man watches as the waves break on the boardwalk in Havana, Cuba, on Wednesday.
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