Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida on Wednesday as a powerful Category 4 storm. Residents across the state were hunkered down, with widespread power outages, damage and at least two fatalities likely linked to the storm.

As of 5 a.m. Thursday, Ian has been downgraded to a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center . It was forecast to move over the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Canaveral, then move up toward South Carolina. It possibly could re-strengthen to a hurricane over the water and approach the South Carolina coast on Friday.

Despite the downgrade, the storm surge continues to be life-threatening across the coasts of northeast Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, with record river flooding expected through the end of the week.