A violent Hurricane swept the coasts of Florida, United States, on Wednesday, September 28. As the worst could be yet to come, residents are trying to prepare.
Venice Beach, one of the most famous beaches in the United States, is windswept Wednesday, September 28, due to Hurricane Ian . In Pine Island (Florida, United States), a resident films gusts of nearly 200 km / h. In Fort-Myers (Florida), the rising waters begin to submerge the city. The hurricane, which first hit Cuba, is moving towards southwest Florida. Residents of Cape Coral (Florida) film their roof terrace blowing away with the wind.
A category 5 hurricane
Along the highway, a motorist captures video of a tornado forming. “ It is likely that upon landfall it will become a Category 5 hurricane. Clearly this is a major and very powerful hurricane, it is going to be a very difficult two days ,” warns Ron De Santis, Governor of Florida. Residents prepared with sandbags and supplies. “ We prepare as best we can, better to be safe and sound than to have regrets ”, explains a man. Hurricane Ian is expected to continue through Florida.
“If you’re ordered to evacuate, that’s a decision based on what we’re seeing with the storm and what your local officials are seeing with the storm and the potential impact for that part of the state,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said during a press conference Tuesday. “That doesn’t mean you need to go all across God’s creation to evacuate — just get to the higher ground and get into a safe structure.”
Hurricane Ian is now expected to make landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast as early as Wednesday. The latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center in Miami shows that Ian is expected to bring a storm surge of up to 8 feet in Tampa Bay before it moves inland and dumps 20 inches of rain as it crosses the state toward Daytona Beach. The storm surges could be as high as 12 feet where Ian is now expected to make landfall in Charlotte County.
The Florida governor warned that storm surge and flooding are some of the greatest threats.
“The Gulf is going to be very angry as this comes in, and you’re going to see that happening,” he said of the expected storm surge. “So the danger to life and limb is really from that surge and from that flooding, more so than the wind.”
DeSantis also said residents across much of the state should expect power outages, gasoline shortages and downed cell phone towers.
The Florida National Guard on Tuesday began prepping more helicopters and other aircraft to conduct rescue missions from the air. The National Guard had already begun making post-landfall plans to deliver supplies via air around Clearwater and St. Petersburg on Monday, but the shift in Ian’s path has expanded those efforts down the Gulf Coast. National Guard Major General James O. Eifert said he has asked other states for vehicles equipped to easily ford deep floodwaters.
“It kind of changes day to day as we see the updates on the hurricane and where it’s going to be,” Eifert said Tuesday, adding: “And what kind of potential damages and missions it might introduce for our forces.”
DeSantis summoned 5,000 Florida National Guard troops to assist in preparation efforts, and another 2,000 guardsmen have been brought in from other states. The governor said it was hard to say how deadly Ian will be for the state, but he encouraged residents to heed warnings from local officials if they are called to evacuate.
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