Pictures of Hurricane Ian that devastated Florida

Evacuation notices were not mandatory, but they deserved to be respected, Wednesday, September 28, on the west coast of Florida. The southeastern United States was hit hard by Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 cyclone.

Cuba was the target of explosions that reached nearly 250 kilometers per hour, flooding and power outages the day before. The next day, residents of Fort Myers, Tampa and other cities along the Gulf of Mexico were also without power: About 2,000 homes were in the dark as of Thursday morning, September 29.

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, promised Florida the support of the federal state to accompany the victims during this disaster. According to the authorities in Tallahassee, the capital of Florida, Hurricane Ian could be the fifth most violent cyclone to hit it.