Photos and videos show the destruction Hurricane Ian is causing on the ground in Florida

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Photos and videos show the destruction Hurricane Ian is causing on the ground in Florida
Gusts from Hurricane Ian begin to knock down small trees and palm fronds in a hotel parking lot in Sarasota, Florida, U.S. September 28, 2022.REUTERS/Steve Nesius
  • Photos and video show destruction from Hurricane Ian in south Florida.
  • The category 4 storm is approaching the state after making landfall in Cuba Tuesday and leaving the island without power.
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Hurricane Ian, the category 4 storm that hit Cuba and is currently hitting south Florida with rain and wind, has caused mass destruction of much in its path.

First touching down in Cuba on Tuesday, the storm left the island without power after destroying the entire power grid.

Ian made landfall in Florida on Wednesday afternoon, and the storm has already caused major flooding in Fort Myers and left 300,000 Floridians without electricity.

Experts are expecting up to 18 feet of water to be pushed on land in the storm surge.

Photos and videos of the state being walloped by the storm have started circulating, showing the devastation Ian has already brought.

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A weatherman reporting live from Fort Myers said he can see three or four feet of water from his spot on a balcony. He added that winds are up to 100 mph and that this is "one of the worst hurricanes I've ever been in," he said.

One Twitter user posted photos of flooding from the storm surge in Fort Myers, showing houses almost completely submerged in water.

Other cities in south Florida are being similarly rocked by the storm, with photos from Sarasota, Cooper City, and the Florida Keys showing trees ripped from the ground and other scenes of major flooding.

Photos and videos show the destruction Hurricane Ian is causing on the ground in Florida
Downed palm fronds collect on an empty downtown intersection as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast in Sarasota, Florida, U.S. September 28, 2022.REUTERS/Steve Nesius
Photos and videos show the destruction Hurricane Ian is causing on the ground in Florida
An uprooted tree, toppled by strong winds from the outer bands of Hurricane Ian, rests in a parking lot of a shopping center, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Cooper City, Fla.AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee
Photos and videos show the destruction Hurricane Ian is causing on the ground in Florida
View of the Key West pier flooded as Hurricane Ian approaches, in Key West, Florida, U.S., September 27, 2022, in this screen grab taken from a social media video.Gwen Filosa/via REUTERS

Orlando International Airport canceled all commercial flights starting Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, Walt Disney World in Orlando announced that the park would be shutting down Wednesday and Thursday due to the hurricane.

Photos and videos show the destruction Hurricane Ian is causing on the ground in Florida
The entrance to the Walt Disney theme park is seen as the park is closed as Hurricane Ian bears down on Florida, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.AP Photo/John Raoux

Sunken Gardens, a self-described "botanical paradise" in St. Petersberg, said on Twitter that their animals are "safe with staff on site to see them through the storm," and attached a photo of their flamingos have a "hurricane party" in the bathroom.

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