The storm could reach a Category 4 as it heads towards Florida's western Gulf coast.
to prepare for the worst ahead of Hurricane Ian. As of this morning, the fifth hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is a Category 1 with sustained winds of 75 mph. It is sitting about 90 miles west southwest of Grand Cayman Island and 275 miles southeast of the western tip of Cuba,Hurricane warnings are in effect in western Cuba, where the storm is likely to hit from this afternoon into tomorrow.
Ian is set to rapidly intensify over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and could reach Category 4 strength as early as this afternoon. It is currently forecast to make landfall on either the western coast of Florida or the Florida Panhandle by midday Thursday, but uncertainty remains about the hurricanes track and intensity. A
has been declared for the entire state and storm conditions are “projected to constitute a major disaster.”
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