Search for survivors in Florida goes on as Hurricane Ian hits South Carolina

A classic sports car sits where it landed during the passage of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach, Flordia (Rebecca Blackwell/AP/PA)

Rescuers searched for survivors among the ruins of Florida’s flooded homes from Hurricane Ian while authorities in South Carolina waited for daylight to assess damage from the storm’s second strike.

The powerful storm terrorised millions of people for most of the week, battering western Cuba before raking across Florida from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean, where it mustered enough strength for a final assault on South Carolina.