Hurricane Ian comes under category 4 when it hit Florida, the US on Wednesday ie 29th Sep’22. According to National Hurricane Center, it was gradually losing strength as it hit central Florida and was now a Category 1 storm.
Hurricane Ian Track:
- By late Monday, Ian was moving northwest at 13 mph southeast of the western tip of Cuba.
- Forecasters expect Hurricane Ian is about to hit Florida’s west coast as early as Wednesday.
- Cuba said it was evacuating 50,000 people in Pinar del Río province, had sent in medical and emergency personnel and taking steps to protect food and other crops in warehouses.
- The centre of the hurricane passed west of the Cayman Islands on Monday with minimum damage.
- Ian will slow down and move towards the north on Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
- The centre of the storm will pass over central Florida on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, and emerge over the western Atlantic by late Thursday according to the hurricane centre.
- Ian will exit Florida’s east coast by Thursday and after that enter the Atlantic Ocean before heading north into South Carolina and making a second landfall Friday afternoon.
Hurricane Ian’s catastrophic effects on Florida:
- Florida Governor declared a state of emergency for all of Florida over the weekend.
- Florida’s southwestern coast had received its first direct hit from a hurricane since 1921.
- According to National Weather Service, Ian’s hit may result in a storm surge of up to 18 feet
- They are possible chances of tornadoes too.
- Ian is among the most powerful storms to strike the United States in decades
- Meteorologists have said flash flooding is possible in the Florida peninsula as per BBC.
- Affected areas will get 12 to 25 inches of rain.
- This hit had knocked out power to more than 2 million people.
- Ian could cost the property-insurance industry billions in claims, based on early hypothetical figures by risk-modelling firms, while the total economic losses would be much higher
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Hurricane Ian hit Cuba and left it in the dark:
- Ian hit Cuba as one of the major hurricanes in history.
- It’s knocked out power to the entire country.
- Evacuation orders have been issued for people in coastal communities, mobile homes and low-lying areas in 12 counties.
- Two people were dead and buildings were damaged nationwide.
- Forecasters had warned that some regions of Cuba could see up to 30cm (12in) of rain under Hurricane Ian.
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