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People kayaking down streets that were passable just a day or two earlier. Hundreds of thousands without power. National Guard helicopters flying rescue missions to residents still stranded on Florida’s barrier islands.
Johnny Lauder's mother Karen refused to evacuate as Hurricane Ian rolled in last week, so the 49-year-old father set off from his home to save her from her Naples, Florida home as it filled with water.
With the death toll from Hurricane Ian rising and hundreds of thousands of people without power in Florida and the Carolinas, U.S. officials vowed Sunday to unleash a huge amount of federal disaster aid as crews scrambled to rescue people stranded by the storm.
Four storm-related deaths had previously been reported in North Carolina, bringing the U.S. toll to at least 98.
Days after the skies cleared and the winds died down in Florida, Hurricane Ian's effects persisted Monday, as people faced another week without power and others...