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Wild video shows shark thrashing in surge waters of Hurricane Ian as storm bombards Florida
A SHARK has been filmed swimming in the rising flood waters of Hurricane Ian.
A shared on Twitter Wednesday captured the creature as it thrashed against the surge waters off Fort Myers while Florida gets bombarded by the deadly 155mph storm.
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The shark's fins can be seen flipping out of the shallow water around 100 yards inland in the city's downtown district.
Instead of being frightened, some Twitter users showed sympathy toward the struggling shark.
"Poor Shark is stuck now," one wrote.
Someone replied: "He needs some help out of there. Blown up in the surge."
Other users added some humor calling it a scene out of "Sharknado."
Hurricane Ian made landfall in Cayo Costa, Florida, on Wednesday, with winds recorded at 155 miles per hour.
The center of the Category 4 storm, which is moving around 9 miles per hour, was located about 35 miles west-southwest of Fort Myers as of 1 pm, according to the National Hurricane Center.
According to officials, a "life-threating and historic storm surge [is] possible."
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Following the storm's landfall, a tornado warning was issued for Osceola County and parts of Brevard County.
With its torrential downpour, Ian has left 800,000 Florida residents without power, according to .
The storm is expected to bring further "extremely dangerous" winds and rain into Wednesday night.
The storm surge, which is a rise in sea level from a powerful storm, could reach up to 18 feet, causing destruction to coastal homes, reported.
The heavy rain has already started to cause flooding across the state, and the furious winds could wipe out homes and cause a blackout that could last days or weeks.
“This is a wind storm and a surge storm and a flood storm, all in one,” CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said.
“And this is going to spread itself out across the entire state. Everybody is going to see something from this.”
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