Grateful to be alive, Christians gather for worship in Fort Myers after surviving Hurricane Ian

Grateful to be alive, Christians gather for worship in Fort Myers after surviving Hurricane Ian

ByHero Agyapong Mensah

Four days after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida as a powerful Category 4 storm, wreaking billions of dollars in damage and leaving at least 80 people dead, members of the Southwest Baptist Church in Fort Myers gathered at their battered sanctuary on Sunday to thank God for sparing their lives. “We got people here…

Hurricane Ian leaves 2.5 million without power in Florida

Hurricane Ian leaves 2.5 million without power in Florida

ByHero Agyapong Mensah

More than 2.5 million homes were without power in Florida amid catastrophic floods and life-threatening storm surge early Thursday, hours after Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. The international Evangelical relief group Samaritan’s Purse is preparing its disaster response teams to help…