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As Ian’s floodwaters spread across Florida on Wednesday, good Samaritans and rescue crews were seen helping people out of submerged cars.

Four Cubans were able to swim to shore as Hurricane Ian closed in. Three others were rescued later, and as many 17 remained unaccounted for.

Ian was a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph when it struck Florida’s western coast Wednesday. Though weaker, it still posed a threat early Thursday.

What was Tropical Depression Nine strengthened to a tropical storm late Friday, before becoming a hurricane Monday. Ian made landfall in Cuba early Tuesday before strengthening into a Category 4 storm and hitting Florida on Wednesday.

Brian Boyd, 27, will be sentenced Nov. 30 in the death of Banes, who was hit by the scooter Boyd was operating.

During a press conference in Tallahassee, Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis gave an update on the impact of Hurricane Ian, saying Lee and Charlotte counties are “basically off the grid” due to widespread power outages. 

In late August, the company said it would change its merchandise strategy, close 150 stores and lay off some employees, as it also secured a new loan ahead of the holiday season.

More than 2.5 million customers across Florida were without power Thursday morning as many grappled with flooding and damaged homes.

Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, 42, was taken into custody by patrol officers “without incident," the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a tweet early Thursday.

Survivors of the attack in Highland Park and relatives of those who were killed repeatedly blamed the firearms producer for enabling the shooter.

The Category 4 storm hit the west coast of Florida on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center, which has warned of "life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds and flooding."