Hurricane Ian makes landfall in South Carolina as nine people are confirmed dead in US

At least nine people were confirmed dead in the US, a number that was almost certain to increase as officials confirm more deaths and search for people

Sammie Clark, 11, left, and Nevaeh Curran, 11, explore a flooded mobile home community in Iona, an unincorporated community in Lee County near Fort Myers on Thursday. Picture: Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP

Hurricane Ian made another landfall on Friday, this time in South Carolina, after carving a swathe of destruction across Florida earlier this week.

The US National Hurricane Centre said Ian’s centre went ashore on Friday near Georgetown, with maximum sustained winds of 135km/h.