The International Space Station flew over Hurricane Ian on Monday, capturing the breadth of the storm forecast to hit the western tip of Cuba as a major hurricane and later the west coast of Florida.
Ian was forecast to hit the western tip of Cuba as a major hurricane and then become anCategory 4 with top winds of 140 mph over warm Gulf of Mexico waters before striking Florida.first direct hit by a major hurricane since 1921“Please treat this storm seriously. It’s the real deal. This is not a drill,” Hillsborough County Emergency Management Director Timothy Dudley said at a news conference on storm preparations in Tampa.
The hurricane center predicted areas of Cuba’s western coast could see as much as 14 feet of storm surge Monday night or early Tuesday.In Havana, fishermen were taking their boats out of the water along the famous Malecon, the seaside boardwalk, and city workers were busy unclogging storm drains ahead of the expected rain.“I am very scared because my house gets completely flooded, with water up to here,” he said, pointing to his chest.
Ian won’t linger over Cuba, but will slow down over the Gulf of Mexico, growing wider and stronger, “which will have the potential to produce significant wind and storm surge impacts along the west coast of Florida,” the hurricane center said. “You have a significant storm that may end up being a Category 4 hurricane,” DeSantis said at a news conference. “That’s going to cause a huge amount of storm surge. You’re going to have flood events. You’re going to have a lot of different impacts.”
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