Hurricane Ian knocks out power to 2 million across Florida

Hurricane Ian made landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday, lashing the region with torrential rain and winds of 150 mph and knocking out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses.

The number of electricity consumers left without electricity in the US state of Florida as a result of Hurricane Ian has exceeded 2 million people, Report informs, citing Poweroutage.com, which aggregates the data of network companies in North America.

A total of 2,002,007 customers have experienced power outage, according to the statistics as of 22.15 local time (06:15, Baku time).

According to the portal, about 20% of all registered electricity consumers in the state are currently without electricity.