A man and woman take free sandbags to their car at an Orange County park in preparation for Hurricane Ian on Sept. Residents of Tampa and the larger Hillsborough County as well as Pinellas, Sarasota, Charlotte and Hernando counties were under mandatory evacuation orders. Tuesday, which will allow staff to prepare the airfield and secure equipment ahead of the storm. Tampa International Airport will shut down and suspend all flights beginning at 5 p.m. Tampa is expected to be one of the hardest-hit areas. Ian will not linger over Cuba for long but will slow down and strengthen over the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall along the west coast of Florida, the National Hurricane Center told the Associated Press. Traffic also came to a standstill on major highways in the Sunshine State as more than 300,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate ahead of Ian’s arrival. Ian is expected to pass west of the Florida Keys later Tuesday before heading toward the Gulf Coast of Florida between Wednesday and Thursday.
Storm preparations were in full swing in Florida on Monday with Hurricane Ian on the horizon as officials announced widespread school closures and flight cancellations, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers moved their practice to Miami. Hurricane Ian has been upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane with winds raging at 125 mph as the storm made landfall in Cuba at 4:30 a.m. fisherman finds what looks like a human hand in canal waterįlorida homeowners upset by ‘insulting’ hurricane insurance payouts Here’s why sea turtles could halt repairs to Florida homes damaged by hurricanes Ian, Nicole ‘Big Short’ investor who foretold 2008 housing catastrophe warns of new financial disaster
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