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Power outages linger after Hurricane Ian makes landfall

Hurricane Ian made landfall with 150 mile-per-hour winds near Fort Myers on Wednesday, with forecasters and emergency managers fearing a catastrophe because of the storm’s punishing winds and mammoth storm surge of up to 18 feet. Torrential rain threatened to overload rivers and drainage systems, and more than 1 million were without power.  While the […]