1 Million Without Power as Hurricane Ian Officially Makes Landfall in Florida

1 Million Without Power as Hurricane Ian Officially Makes Landfall in Florida
A satellite image shows the eye of Hurricane Ian approaching the southwest coast of Florida at 2:10 p.m. ET on Sept. 28, 2022. NOAA
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Over 1 million people in Florida are without power as of Wednesday afternoon due to the impacts of Hurricane Ian, according to a power outage monitoring website.

Across the state, 1.03 million lost power as of 4 p.m. ET, Poweroutage.us says. The majority of outages are located in Lee, Collier, Sarasota, Charlotte, and Manatee counties, it shows. Lee County appears to have seen the worst impacts, with over 60 percent of all customers losing power.
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