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A cameraman in Florida filming the flooding caused by Hurricane Ian took matters into his own hands and left his position to go help people struggling through the weather.
Glen Ellis, a cameraman for the Australian morning show Sunrise, had been recording a reporter in Naples, Florida, when he placed his camera on the ground and ran out through the muddy waters to help a family. Ellis was seen taking what appeared to be a pack of plastic water bottles from a resident and walking with them to higher ground before starting to make his way back to the camera but then heading back out again to help someone else instead, according to 7News Australia.
“We’re just helping some people through the water here,” said outlet correspondent Tim Lester. “That is our camera operator, Glen, out there. I think you can see he is trying to help people who are moving away from their homes.”
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Lester claimed that the outlet has spoken to a couple of residents in the area and that they said their houses have been “lost in the water.”
Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm when it reached land Wednesday afternoon, has since been degraded to tropical storm status as of Thursday morning. However, the National Hurricane Center has warned that Ian could pick back up and reach hurricane strength again by Saturday.
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said on Thursday that fatalities caused by the storm “are in the hundreds.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has disputed the claim.
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Power outages in Florida began to take place on Wednesday. As of Thursday morning, over 2.6 million people are without power in the state, according to PowerOutage.
