“The last major hurricane that actually made a direct hit was 100 years ago,” said meteorologist Rick Davis of the National Weather Service’s Tampa office. While projection models show a wide range of possible paths, one fear is evident: The Tampa area, on the western side of Florida, could get its first direct hit from a hurricane since 1921. Myers to the Tampa Bay region,” the statement read. “Storm surge has the potential to impact much of Florida’s west coast, with the highest risk from Ft. Ron DeSantis said in a statement Monday that tropical storm-force winds may begin as soon as Monday night in the Florida Keys and south Florida. Live updates: Florida braces for Hurricane Ianįlorida Gov.
This means “hurricane conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area, in this case, within 24 to 36 hours,” the center said. The hurricane watch from Englewood to the Anclote River, including Tampa Bay, has been upgraded to a hurricane warning, according to the latest advisory from the hurricane center. The warning of “life-threatening inundation” stretches from Anclote River southward to Flamingo and includes Tampa Bay.
In the US, more than 15 million people are expected to suffer at least tropical storm-force winds in cities including Tampa, Orlando, Tallahassee and Jacksonville, Miller said.Ī storm surge warning has been added for portions of western Florida with 5 to 10 feet of surge possible, according to the latest advisory. “Storm surge could raise water levels by as much as 9 to 14 feet above normal tide levels along the coast of western Cuba in areas of onshore winds in the hurricane warning area tonight and early Tuesday,” the center said. Ian will likely be a Category 3 with winds of 120 mph or greater when it moves over Cuba Tuesday morning, forecasters say, and it’s also expected to produce flash flooding and possible mudslides in parts of Jamaica and Cuba.Ī total of 19,283 people have been evacuated from their homes in the Western Cuban province of Pinar del Río, according to the state news channel TelePinar. Regardless of Ian’s exact track, there is a risk of a life-threatening storm surge, hurricane-force winds, & heavy rainfall along the west coast/Panhandle of Florida by mid-week /koVmW9yrtJ- National Weather Service September 26, 2022Ĭonditions in western Cuba are expected to deteriorate this evening and through the night, with “significant wind and storm surge impacts expected,” the hurricane center said. #Ian is expected to be a major hurricane in the eastern Gulf of Forecasters expect Ian to become a major hurricane before it lashes the US, with winds reaching 111 mph or greater. Ian’s winds intensified from 85 mph Monday afternoon to 100 mph at 5 p.m. The hurricane center’s forecast for Ian “has shown an unprecedented rate of strengthening from a tropical storm to powerful hurricane,” CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller said. The eye of the storm is located around 150 miles southeast of the western tip of Cuba and Ian is moving north-northwest near 13 mph, the center said.įlorida could start feeling Ian’s wrath as early as Tuesday, with hurricane conditions potentially hitting the state Wednesday.
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ET update from the Miami-based National Hurricane Center. Ian is now a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale, according to a 5 p.m.
Hurricane Ian keeps getting stronger as it barrels toward Florida, prompting urgent evacuations and threatening dangerous storm surges in places not used to getting hit directly by a hurricane.
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