Florida flooding: ‘Never in my thoughts would I’ve imagined it could be this dangerous’
Unprecedented flooding has destroyed houses throughout Central Florida, the results of heavy rain dropped by Ian. In Seminole County, residents alongside the St. Johns River are wading by way of waist-high water inside their houses to gather belongings. In Osceola County, because the water recedes, residents are involved about well being points associated to the document floodwaters.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Shocking photos taken from the International Space Station exhibits simply how a lot water Hurricane Ian delivered to Florida.Â
Astronaut Bob Hines snapped the picture displaying Florida ‘shedding’ the large quantities of water it took on after Ian made landfall on Sept. 28.
MORE NEWS: Florida mom uses plastic bin to protect infant son as Hurricane Ian floods neighborhood
Astronaut Bob Hines courtesy of Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
Credit: Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth/NASA
“This picture shows how the Florida peninsula is shedding all the water #HurricanIan dumped on it,” Hines tweeted. “This was taken approx 2 days after it made landfall. Ian sure churned up the waters of the Gulf of Mexico!”
Hines is presently serving as a pilot for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission on the International Space Station.
MORE NEWS: Disturbance in the Caribbean could become Hurricane Julia this weekend
Hurricane Ian, one of the highly effective storms ever recorded within the U.S., made landfall in southwest Florida final week, turning streets into rivers, knocking out energy to 2 million folks, and threatening catastrophic injury additional inland.
The Category 4 storm slammed the coast with 150 mph winds and pushed a wall of storm surge gathered throughout its march over the Gulf. The slow-moving rainmaker brought on large flooding throughout a number of Florida counties, with damages estimated to be round $47 billion.Â