Hurricane Ian strengthened as it approached Florida
Hurricane Ian gathered strength as it neared the Charlotte County coast and could slam into Florida as a devastating Category 5 storm with 155 mph winds.
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Hurricane Ian gathered strength as it neared the Charlotte County coast and could slam into Florida as a devastating Category 5 storm with 155 mph winds.
Jacksonville-area hospitals remain open, although some have limited procedures and visitation and closed specialty centers during the storm.
As Hurricane Ian brought 155 mph winds Wednesday to Southwest Florida and was poised to cause damage across the state, 15 hospitals and 131 nursing homes and assisted living facilities had evacuated patients and residents, while other facilities "hunkered down."
Hundreds of thousands of Floridians faced mandatory evacuation orders as the hurricane warnings were expanded along the state's Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Ian gathered strength as it neared the Charlotte County coast and could slam into Florida as a devastating Category 5 storm with 155 mph winds.