Photos shared by Orange County Fire Rescue show the first responders using boats to rescue residents from flooded areas of Orlando, including the Rio Pinar neighborhood and the Avante at Orlando nursing home near Lake Baldwin.
The slow-moving storm dumped as much as 20 inches of rain on areas from Orlando to Daytona Beach causing significant flooding in nearly all corners of the Orlando metro. Videos shared on social media show Lake Eola topping its banks and spilling into the streets of downtown Orlando. Interstate ramps along I-4 turned into rivers due to the sheer amount of water Ian dropped on the area. MCO remains closed as the roads leading to the airport are underwater.
Ian has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. The storm's center is currently located on the eastern coast of central Florida. There's still significant amounts of rain expected and widespread flooding is still a major concern.
The City of Orlando is asking residents to stay off the roadways and to self-evacuate only if their home is flooding. Below you'll find local reports and images of the extent of flooding in Orlando.
Hurricane Ian brings historic flooding to Orlando, OC Fire Rescue evacuates residents by boat
By Alex Galbraith on Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 10:13 am
First responders evacuate residents from the Rio Pinar neighborhood in Orlando.
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https://t.co/CuXSOe0Uwo pic.twitter.com/Y0PKJfhtts
— OCFire Rescue (@OCFireRescue) September 29, 2022
Crews at Avante at Orlando off Semoran, where flood waters are very high. pic.twitter.com/8euUiqzeo7
— OCFire Rescue (@OCFireRescue) September 29, 2022
⚠️Lake Eola in downtown #Orlando completely flooded over onto the streets.
— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) September 29, 2022
Epic, historic flooding…and it’s STILL raining here.
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Historic flooding from #HurricaneIan in #WinterPark (just north of #Orlando).
— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) September 29, 2022
And the rain continues.
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This WAS the entrance to the Double Tree by Hilton hotel at Universal Studios.
— Jeff Allen (@News13JeffAllen) September 29, 2022
And those cars across Major Blvd used to be working cars. Likely not anymore. @MyNews13 #HurricaneIan#flooding pic.twitter.com/CpoHyAqeQD
Heard this is historic flooding, like once in 100 years kinda flooding. As an elder millennial I’m here to say I’m tired of being part of historic events. #hurricaneian #orlando pic.twitter.com/6kRRaHINps
— Caitlin Dineen (@CaitlinDineen) September 29, 2022
My friend @SamanthaSMarks sent me this photo of ducks swimming in the streets of downtown Orlando after Ian caused major flooding, including lake Eola. She says they’ve gotten about 13+ inches of rain in the last 24 hours and it’s still coming down. #HurricaneIan pic.twitter.com/pbAD8Tm3mi
— Lauren McDonald (@LaurenMcD_TV) September 29, 2022
UNBELIEVABLE #Ian flooding causing waves on the Ivanhoe Blvd ramp from I-4. #Orlando #News13Oramge pic.twitter.com/X5ALWNktA6
— Jerry Hume (@JerryHume) September 29, 2022
Over 26 years here in Orlando and this is worst widespread flooding I’ve seen here. Fay ‘08 and no-name ‘09 plus Irma ‘17 all wrapped into one. pic.twitter.com/DOT7GPiQJs
— Tom Terry (@TTerryWFTV) September 29, 2022
Significant flooding at #lakeeola in #Orlando from #HurricaneIan pic.twitter.com/itkQR1Yizq
— DRD (@DanielRealDev) September 29, 2022
Current situation #hurricaineIan 😬🛶 pic.twitter.com/64Pb9gAyrT
— 𝓡𝓾𝓫𝓮𝓷 (@1RubenJunior) September 29, 2022
Lake Eola has turned E. Robinson into a river @fox35orlando pic.twitter.com/oZgXH073y2
— Dave Puglisi (@DavePuglisiTV) September 29, 2022
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