Water gushed down onto the ICU, forcing staff to evacuate the hospital's sickest patients - some of whom were on ventilators - to other floors, said Dr. In Port Charlotte, along Florida's Gulf Coast, the storm surge flooded a lower-level emergency room in a hospital even as fierce winds ripped away part of the roof from its intensive care unit, according to a doctor who works there. ![]() "Severe and life-threatening storm surge inundation of 8 to 10 feet above ground level along with destructive waves is ongoing along the southwest Florida coastline from Englewood to Bonita Beach, including Charlotte Harbor," the center said. WATCH: People living in Triangle flood zones 'nervous' about Ian Meanwhile, home repair experts suggest homeowners take time before Ian arrives to prepare their homes and check their insurance. Once the storm moves out of the area, Duke Energy will reevaluate and assign crews based on the hardest hit areas. You can text the word OUT to 57801, use the Duke energy app or call them at 800.769.3766. If you do experience an outage at your home, Duke energy wants you to report it. But we could still see a lot of outages," Brooks said. We're thankful that we're probably not going to see that here. Those are the kind of conditions they're dealing with there. ![]() The damage we're seeing in some areas the entire grid will have to be rebuilt. "This is just an all hands on deck kind of storm. Right now, they say they have three major concerns: wind, rain and flooding. People should take it seriously until it's out of the area and we can move ahead," said Jeff Brooks, Duke Energy. Where those are going to be were continue to monitor.
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