Palm Beach County began reporting damage from the storms this morning with heavy rains, fallen trees and downed power lines.
Hurricane Ian was upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane early Wednesday morning. Some weather experts anticipate the storm could morph into an even more dangerous Category 5 hurricane before it finishes its onslaught on Florida.
A Category 5 hurricane is the most severe hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which ranks the strength of hurricanes based only on the storm's maximum sustained wind speed. A Category 4 has maximum sustained winds from 130 to 156 miles per hour. Any hurricane with maximum sustained winds above 156 miles per hour is considered a Category 5.
Two men walk on a street ahead of Hurricane Ian in Punta Gorda, Florida on September 28, 2022. Hurricane Ian is now a Category 4 hurricane and is expected to hit Florida in earnest later today.However, winds aren't the most fatal effect of hurricanes. Rather, storm surge, or rising sea levels, cause the most fatalities.
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