“Floridians up and down the Gulf Coast should feel the impacts of this,' DeSantis said during a press conference at the Emergency Operations Center. “This is a really, really big hurricane at this point.” DeSantis noted Ian is about 500 miles wide.
Another 2,500 Florida National Guard members were called into duty for Ian, bringing the total to 5,000, and 2,000 more are being deployed to Florida from nearby states.“There is going to be an interruption of power, so just plan on that," DeSantis said.
As of 11 a.m. Monday, Ian was a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph sustained winds, but the forecast calls for it to grow into a major hurricane Tuesday as it enters the Gulf of Mexico. Guthrie said people should know their evacuation zone and listen to local authorities, who already have begun ordering evacuations in some areas.DeSantis also cautioned Floridians about using portable generators, saying more people have died from carbon monoxide poisoning than from hurricanes because they failed to keep the generators outside their homes.
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