China News Agency, San Francisco, October 1st. Recently, the number of victims of Hurricane "Ian" in the United States has continued to rise.

According to US media reports, as of October 1, local time, dozens of people in the United States have been killed by this storm.

On October 2nd, Hurricane "Ian" passed through Florida, the United States, and the houses and roads along the local coast were in a mess.

According to reports, Biden said that the damage of the hurricane was "devastating" and that the United States has begun to see the scale of hurricane damage, and this is likely to become the worst storm in the history of the United States.

　　The Associated Press reported on the 1st that 47 people have been confirmed to have been killed by Hurricane Ian in the southern state of Florida.

The ABC quoted Florida officials as saying that at least 72 people in the state have died because of "Ian".

Lee County Sheriff Carmine Masseno in southern Florida said on the 1st that so far, 35 people have died in the county due to "Ian" and more than 700 people have been rescued.

　　Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa, Florida on the afternoon of September 28 as a Category 4 hurricane.

On September 29, "Ian" brought heavy rain to the central and northeastern parts of the state.

A large number of local houses were flooded, roads were cut off, and vehicles and boats were severely damaged.

After the hurricane made landfall in Florida, the number of local power outages peaked at 2.67 million.

As of the evening of the 1st, nearly 1 million customers in the state were still without power.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said at a news conference on the 1st that more than 1,100 rescue operations have been carried out in the state, and thousands of people are still participating in the search and rescue work.

　　After leaving Florida, "Ian" made landfall in South Carolina from the Atlantic Ocean as a Category 1 hurricane on September 30, and has since weakened.

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said on the 1st that the state has not reported any deaths from the hurricane.

The North Carolina governor's office said in a press release on the 1st that from September 30 to October 1, the storm had killed four people in the state.

　　U.S. President Biden said in a speech at the White House recently that "Ian" may be one of the worst hurricanes the United States has ever experienced, and that post-disaster reconstruction will take months or even years.

The New York Times reported that the White House announced on the evening of the 1st that US President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Puerto Rico and Florida, which have been severely damaged by the recent hurricane, on the 3rd and 5th to learn about the local disasters.

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