
US police officers. File photoWASHINGTON, Sep 28 More than 1 million people were left without electricity in the US state of Florida due to Hurricane Ian, according to Poweroutage.com, which aggregates data from grid companies in North America in a mode online. «Disconnected consumers — 1 million 39 thousand 877», — indicated in the statistics as of 16.30 local time (23.30 Moscow time). Thus, almost 10% of the total number of state electricity consumers of 11 million people remain without electricity in Florida .Hurricane «Ian» on Wednesday hit the southwest coast of Florida. The U.S. National Hurricane Center has assessed Ian as a «very dangerous Category 4 hurricane.» The maximum wind speed inside the hurricane exceeds 240 kilometers per hour. Previously, the US Border Patrol reported more than 20 migrants from Cuba missing off the coast of Florida, after after their ship sank due to bad weather conditions. Hurricane Ian passed through the western part of Cuba on Wednesday night, intensifying to a maximum of the fifth category on the Saffir-Simpson scale. After the impact of the elements, the Caribbean island was completely de-energized, two people died in the province of Pinar del Rio. More than 50 thousand people in the west and in the central part of the country have been evacuated.

