Gov. DeSantis says Hurricane Ian is a 500-year event as stunned Florida residents wake to utter devastation after ‘tsunami-style’ floods ‘killed hundreds – as 50 National Guard choppers begin search and rescue for thousands

• Helpless Floridians desperately called relatives and police, pleading to be rescued from their flooded homes
• Authorities have warned that fatalities will be ‘in the hundreds’ as the monster storm continues to rage  
• Streets turned into rivers, with storm surge flooding lower level emergency room of Port Charlotte hospital
• Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida as Category 4 storm on Wednesday, hitting state with 150mph winds 
• No deaths have officially been reported in the US, but two are dead in Cuba after the island was hit this week 
• Police in Florida  predict that the recovery effort will be ‘something we’ve not seen in this country ever’ 
• President Biden has declared the event a ‘major disaster’ in Florida which makes federal funding available 
• Authorities found two people dead, likely as a result from the storm, but cause of death is still unconfirmed

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