The powerful storm terrorized millions of people for most of the week.
At least 34 people were confirmed dead, including 27 people in Florida mostly from drowning but others from the storm’s tragic aftereffects. An elderly couple died after their oxygen machines shut off when they lost power, authorities said. Four more deaths were reported in North Carolina and three earlier in Cuba.
River flooding added a major challenge to rescue and supply delivery efforts. The Myakka River washed over a stretch of Interstate 75, forcing a traffic-snarling highway closure Saturday on the key corridor linking Tampa to the north with the hard-hit southwest Florida region that straddles Port Charlotte and Fort Myers.
Eddie Wilder, who has been coming to Pawleys Island for more than six decades, said Friday’s storm was “insane to watch.” He said waves as high as 25 feet washed away the pier — an iconic landmark — just two doors down from his home. Many of the elevated beach homes still had feet of sand underneath, with dunes completely washed over and nearly flattened.
Separate vehicle crashes claimed two lives in the storm, the North Carolina officials said, a man drowned when his truck plunged into a swamp, and another man died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator in a closed garage.
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