Hurricane Ian has made another landfall, this time in South Carolina, after carving a swath of destruction across Florida earlier this week.
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The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian's center came ashore Friday afternoon near Georgetown with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph).
FEMA Associate Administrator Anne Brink told reporters at an afternoon briefing that 3000 federal responders are helping with response and recovery efforts in Florida and the Southeast.
"Hurricane Ian still presents an extreme threat to everyone in its path," Brink said.
"We're already seeing the impacts of the storm in South Carolina, as I speak, and in Georgia, as well," she said. "Now's the time for the residents impacted to execute the hurricane plans and closely monitor local media for forecast updates and also follow the directions made by local officials."
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Ian hit Florida's Gulf Coast as a powerful Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph (240 kph) winds Wednesday, flooding homes and leaving nearly 2.7 million people without power.
"Since the storm made landfall yesterday, we've saved 117 lives together with pets of the members that we've saved," said Vice Adm. Peter Gautier of the U.S. Coast Guard.
"Those operations are going to continue for as long as it takes to rescue everyone," he said.
"In Florida right now we have 600 professionals, the Corps of Engineers, civilians, our military and our contracting partners, moving generators forward to assist the state of Florida to provide emergency power," said Maj. Gen. Butch Graham of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
After making landfall with some of the highest windspeeds for a hurricane over U.S. territory, the storm flooded areas on both of Florida's coasts, tore homes from their slabs, demolished beachfront businesses and left more than 2 million people without power.
At least nine people have been confirmed dead in the U.S.