Hurricane Ian strengthens as it barrels towards Fla. – One America News Network

September 28, 2022 Sophia Flores US 0

This GOES-East GeoCcolor satellite image taken at 10:10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Hurricane Ian over the Gulf of Mexico. Ian tore into western Cuba as a major hurricane Tuesday, knocking out power to the entire country and leaving millions people without electricity, before churning on a collision course with Florida over warm Gulf waters amid expectations it would strengthen into a catastrophic Category 4 storm. (NOAA via AP)

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UPDATED 8:37 AM PT – Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Hurricane Ian has strengthened as it barrels toward the west coast of Florida. It’s expected to make landfall as a possible category-five storm on Wednesday on Florida’s western gulf coast between Sarasota and Fort Myers. The hurricane has maximum sustained winds of more than 150-miles-per-hour.

All of Florida is under a state of emergency. More than 2.5 million people are under evacuation orders.

During a press briefing on Wednesday, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) said that parts of southern Florida are already feeling the effects of the hurricane including flooding, power outages and tornadoes. DeSantis warned residents that the storm will have major impacts.

“Clearly this is a very powerful, major hurricane that’s gonna have major impacts both on impact on southwest Florida. But then as it continues to work through the state, it is going to have major major impacts in terms of winds, in terms of rain, in terms of flooding,” DeSantis said. “So, this is going to be a nasty nasty day, two days.”

DeSantis said ‘catastrophic’ damage is expected as well as life threatening flooding.

Ahead of #HurricaneIan, 5,000 Florida Guardsmen have been activated and pre-positioned at armories across the state to serve Floridians and run response operations. Thank you for your service to our state.

Follow @FLSERT for updates on how to prepare for #Ian.

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 27, 2022

5,000 National Guard members have been activated. Additionally, 2,000 from neighboring states were activated as well. FEMA has deployed 700 personnel to Florida and has water, food and generators on hand to help residents amid the storm.

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