Ian weakened to a tropical storm Thursday morning as damage assessments across Florida were expected to begin at sunrise following a night where the storm cut through the state, bringing high winds, downpours and potentially life-threatening flooding.

Ian was downgraded to tropical storm status by the National Hurricane Center in its 5 a.m. ET Thursday update. It was located 40 miles southeast of Orlando, according to the National Hurricane Center. It is expected to emerge over Atlantic waters later in the day, the NHC said in its update.

The center said tropical storm conditions are occurring in parts of the east and west coasts of Florida and should spread northward along the Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina coasts through Friday.

Earlier, on Wednesday afternoon, Ian made landfall in southwest Florida's Lee County, producing winds of 150 miles per hour and a storm surge over 7 feet high in Naples before coming ashore.

More than 1.5 million homes and businesses were without power as of Wednesday night.
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