Cyclone Ian makes second landfall in South Carolina

• Hurricane Ian is hitting South Carolina, which is its second US landfall after killing people in Florida.
• The storm broke up four piers along the coast of South Carolina and sent a lot of water into neighborhoods.
• Power is out in nearly 200,000 homes and businesses in South Carolina.

Cyclone After the Tropics Ian is hitting South Carolina, which is its second US landfall after killing people in Florida.

Ian came back as a category one hurricane near Georgetown at 14:05 local time (18:05 GMT) on Friday before losing some power as it moved inland.

But the threat is still there. Flooding is expected to last for days in Florida and the rest of the region.

As of Friday morning, emergency officials in Florida said that 21 people had died.

But a state medical examiner must figure out if all of the deaths were caused by the storm.

When it hit Florida on Wednesday as a category four hurricane, Ian was one of the strongest storms to ever hit the US.

Ian broke up four piers along the coast of South Carolina and sent a lot of water into neighbourhoods, including the popular beach town of Myrtle Beach.

By Friday evening, power was out in nearly 200,000 homes and businesses in South Carolina.

Around 80 miles (130 km) south of where the hurricane hit land, in the city of Charleston, cars were seen driving through flooded roads.

According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm is moving north with winds of up to 50 mph (85 km/h) (NHC).

Even though Ian got weaker on Friday, the NHC says it is still dangerous.

The agency says that by next week, rivers in central Florida could reach levels that have never been seen before.

The NHC said that there was a chance of significant flash flooding and urban flooding in coastal and northeast South Carolina, coastal and northwest North Carolina, and southern Virginia through Saturday morning.

As Ian moved north, the NHC said there was also a chance that it could cause tornadoes in North Carolina and Virginia.

By late Saturday, Ian is likely to be gone over North Carolina or Virginia.

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