Florida wakes up to Hurricane Ian destruction (Video)

(29 Sep 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ALL NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; PART CREDIT WZVN-TV; NO ACCESS MIAMI-FORT LAUDERDALE; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKS/PART CREDIT WFTV-TV; NO ACCESS ORLANDO-DAYTONA BEACH-MELBOURNE; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKS/ PART MUST CREDIT PATRICIA MURPHY; NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE/ PART CREDIT FIRST COAST NEWS; NO ACCESS JACKSONVILLE MARKET; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKS ++MUSIC CLEARED FOR USE++ WJXX - NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; MANDATORY CREDIT FIRST COAST NEWS; NO ACCESS JACKSONVILLE MARKET; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKS Jacksonville, Florida - 29 September 2022 1. Reporter preparing to go on air suddenly steps away as sign in front of shopping center collapses UPSOUND (English) Reporter: "Please tell me you were recording?" Camera operator: "I was." ANNOTATION: Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes and cutting off the only bridge to a barrier island. A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people normally live. WZVN - NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE;  PART CREDIT WZVN-TV; NO ACCESS MIAMI-FORT LAUDERDALE; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKS; Near Fort Myers, Florida - 29 September 2022 2.  Wide, medium of damaged Sanibel Causeway ANNOTATION: One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the United States threatened catastrophic flooding around the state. WFTV - NO RE-SALE, RE-USE OR ARCHIVE; MANDATORY CREDIT WFTV-TV; NO ACCESS ORLANDO/ DAYTONA BEACH; MELBOURNE MARKET; NO USE BY US BROADCAST NETWORKS Daytona Beach, Florida - 29 September 2022 ++MUTE++ 3. Static shot of strong wind blowing, rain along coastline, camera suddenly flips over about 00:09 in, upside down shot continues ANNOTATION: Ian's tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 415 miles, drenching much of Florida and the southeastern Atlantic coast. VALIDATED UGC - MUST CREDIT PATRICIA MURPHY ++USER GENERATED CONTENT: This video has been authenticated by AP based on the following validation checks: ++Video and audio content checked by regional experts against known locations and events ++Video is consistent with independent AP reporting ++Video cleared for use by all AP clients by content creator Patricia Murphy Cape Coral, Florida -- 28 September 2022 4. Cell phone video showing strong winds ANNOTATION: The hurricane also knocked out power to 2.5 million people. ASSOCIATED PRESS Orlando - 29 September 2022 5. Trees blowing in wind STORYLINE: Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, destroying the only bridge to Sanibel Island, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and knocking out power to 2.5 million people as it dumped rain across the peninsula on Thursday. One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the United States threatened catastrophic flooding around the state. Ian's tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 415 miles (665 km), drenching much of Florida and the southeastern Atlantic coast. With no electricity and patchy cellphone coverage, many calls for help weren't getting through, even as emergency crews sawed through toppled trees to reach people in flooded homes. "If the line is busy, keep trying," the Lee County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post early Thursday. A chunk of the Sanibel Causeway fell into the sea, cutting off access to the barrier island where 6,300 people normally live. How many heeded mandatory evacuation orders was impossible to know in the storm's immediate aftermath. Clients are reminded: Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/fbdca5b2bd9848fc9f54b964a1a2b5f4