WATCH: Biden says Hurricane Ian is likely ‘among the worst storms in the nation’s history’

President Joe Biden said Hurricane Ian is “likely to rank among the worst storms in the nation’s history,” adding it will “take months, years to rebuild.”

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Biden said “America’s heart is literally breaking” for all of those who’ve lost their homes and he said his administration is acting urgently to get them the help they need.

The president also urged those in the path of Ian’s wrath in South Carolina to listen to local officials and heed all warnings.

Hurricane Ian made another landfall Friday, this time in South Carolina, after carving a swath of destruction across Florida earlier this week.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian’s center came ashore Friday afternoon near Georgetown with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph).

LIVE MAP: Track the path of Hurricane Ian

Ian hit Florida’s Gulf Coast as a powerful Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph (240 kph) winds Wednesday, flooding homes and leaving nearly 2.7 million people without power.

Before landfall, Sheets of rain whipped trees and power lines and left many areas on Charleston’s downtown peninsula under water by midday. A popular pier in the beach community of Pawleys Island collapsed and floated away. In Myrtle Beach, waves were pushing against the city’s boardwalk tourist area, flowing over where thousands of tourists typically fill the wide sandy stretch.

Ian left a broad swath of destruction after it came ashore on Florida’s Gulf Coast as one of the strongest storms ever to hit the U.S. The storm flooded areas on both of Florida’s coasts, tore homes from their slabs, demolished beachfront businesses and left more than 2 million people without power. At least nine people were confirmed dead in the U.S. — a number that was almost certain to increase as officials confirm more deaths and search for people.