Hurricane Ian hits Cuba, to intensify before reaching Florida
It is expected to become a category 4 hurricane before it reaches FL on Wednesday.
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It is expected to become a category 4 hurricane before it reaches FL on Wednesday.
A million people are without electricity after Hurricane Ian struck western Cuba. It could head for Tampa and St. Petersburg next, the first direct hit on those cities in a century.
Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba as a major hurricane Tuesday and left 1 million people without electricity. Now it's on a collision course with Florida over warm Gulf waters expected to strengthen it into a catastrophic Category 4 storm.
As Hurricane Ian tracks toward Florida, FEMA director Deanne Criswell will join White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at a briefing Tuesday afternoon.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said “significant wind and storm surge impacts” occurred Tuesday morning in western Cuba.