The devastating passage of Hurricane Ian through Florida in the United States has already caused, at least, 67 dead. Due to the severe damage and flooding it has caused, the authorities are now warning of the presence of wild animals in the most affected areas of the state.

It is about the appearance of similar animals crocodiles, snakes and even bears who began to live in the areas of Florida that remained devastated and uninhabited.

This is a new danger for residents of the southern US state that has been left in the middle of a chaosafter the meteorological phenomenon devastated dozens of homes, destroyed bridges, roads and felled trees, among other damage.

In this sense, while many of them return to their cities to collaborate in the recovery activities in the places most affected by the storm, this new danger has appeared.

“They make great storms wildlife becomes more active. You are more likely to see alligators, snakes and bearsso remember to be vigilant and give them space, ”the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said on its Facebook account.

As they pointed out, sighting of alligators in urban areas is not unusual. However, officials from the aforementioned state agency have warned that encounters with these reptiles it could be more frequent in areas flooded by Ian, which landed in this state as a Category 4 hurricane.

Likewise, the experts added that, likewise, encounters with bears may be more likely than, “curious about the rubblehave easy access to leftover food waiting to be collected by the waste collection service officials. “

As for the snakes that can appear in these areas, they ensure that they are not poisonous.

Avoiding Encounters with Wild Animals: The Post Hurricane Ian Recommendation

FWC reminded the population do not try to save a wild animal “during or after a hurricane or tropical storm if that put them in a potentially dangerous situation.”

The possible encounters with wild animals after the passage of a storm or a hurricane have aroused popular curiosity, which in recent years has been fueled by the circulation on the Internet of video on the alleged presence of animalssharks in particular, in urban areas, images that were later verified as false.

The latest case of this type is a suspected five-foot shark swimming in the flooded backyard of a house in Fort Myers, Southwest Florida, the hurricane’s most impacted area.

According to US media, the video, which amasses millions of views on Twitter, was recorded by a real estate agent, although there is no consensus of whether it is really a young shark or not.

Rescue and recovery efforts continue in Florida today, where Ian landed last Wednesday with maximum sustained winds of 240km / h and estimated deaths at more than 50, according to local authorities.

“Unrecognizable” places

According to the American network CNN, a few days after Hurricane Ian hit Florida, residents are still evaluating the damage and the devastation has left some areas “unrecognizable”.

Almost 900,000 users in Florida still did not have electricity earlier this Sunday, according to PowerOutage.us. More than 30 thousand remained no electricity in North Carolina.

The hurricane would be classified as “the most expensive in Florida history,” CNN reported. As the sun has returned to Florida, many are facing relapses.

The devastation has spread from Florida’s coastal cities to inland cities like Orlando, but has been felt most intensely in southwestern coastal communities like Fort Myers and Naples.

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