Lights in Cuba slowly came back on Wednesday night, one day after 11 million Cubans were plunged into darkness after Hurricane Ian wiped out the country’s entire power grid.

As Hurricane Ian approached southwestern Florida from the Gulf of Mexico, areas north of the center saw water sucked away from the shore.

The simplest of outdoor chores after sundown pose a safety hazard after Hurricane Ian knocked out power to four street lights on Tampa’s West North Street last September.

Satellites have revealed the scale of destruction wreaked by Hurricane Ian over Florida last week, but images also show glimpses of recovery where power has already been restored.

Ian, a hurricane again after regaining strength, is forecast to hit South Carolina, where a hurricane warning was issued for the entire coast. It left massive destruction in Florida.

Before Hurricane Ian, the town was home to the Gulf of Mexico’s largest shrimping fleet, its commercial fishermen helping to give the place a down-to-earth feel.

Before-and-after photos from southwestern Florida show the destruction wrought by Hurricane Ian when it hit the area as a powerful Category 4 storm earlier this week. [ National Ocean Service ] ...

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