Tropical storm Ian live updates: Biden warns of 'substantial loss of life,' says it may be deadliest

[malaise]

tstorm in Florida history

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/hurricane-ian-live-updates-rcna49927

President Joe Biden on Thursday said Hurricane Ian may have been responsible for "substantial loss of life" and could end up being the deadliest storm in Florida history.

More than 2.5 million customers across Florida were without power Thursday morning after Ian, now a tropical storm, walloped the state as one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the United States, causing widespread devastation and flooding that trapped residents in their homes.

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That would mean more than those Florida storms listed here
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/outreach/history/

[Tommy Carcetti]

1. The official Florida death toll in Andrew was shockingly low...

...44 total, with only 15 directly because of the storm.

Although I suspect the toll may have been considerably higher as it hit an area with a significant population of undocumented immigrants.

Michael and Irma both killed 7 people directly in Florida.

Much, much worse were the unnamed storms of the first half of the 20th Century.

900 people died in a Florida Keys storm in 1919, 409 people died in the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and a jaw-dropping 2,500 died in the 1928 Lake Okeechobee storm.

[malaise]

3. Thanks for those numbers

They make Biden's comment scary.

And yes they do note that in some instances many people were missing and then there are the undocumented folks

[Skittles]

4. a shoutout to the weather forecasters and storm trackers

incredible, the number of lives they save

[TheRealNorth]

6. I remember reading about the 1900 Galveston Hurricane as a kid

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Galveston_hurricane

8000 estimated to have died.

[Phoenix61]

2. Michael had such a low death toll because it hit a relatively

uninhabited area of the panhandle. Tyndall AFB was hit but they evacuated all non-essential personnel.

[malaise]

5. So true

This is frightening and Ian is a hurricane again

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-63064253