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Hurricane Ian Strengthens to ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Category 4 as Florida Braces for Impact

by Tom Ozimek


Forecasters say Hurricane Ian has strengthened to an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm as it nears Florida’s west coast, with warnings of catastrophic storm surge, screaming winds, destructive waves, heavy rainfall, and life-threatening flooding.

In a series of early morning advisories on Sept. 28, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that Hurricane Ian was “rapidly intensifying” and that sustained winds have been recorded of up to 155 mph.

“Ian has strengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane,” the NHC said in one of the warnings.

Conditions along the southwest Florida coast were “rapidly deteriorating,” NHC said in another one of the advisories, while another warned that the hurricane is expected to cause “catastrophic” weather impacts in the Florida peninsula…


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