Storm Ian strengthens into hurricane Florida emergency declared with Ian set to strengthen Image:Waves crash against a seawall as Hurricane Ian passes through George Town, Grand Cayman on Monday The National Hurricane Center is predicting storm surge in Tampa Bay and surrounding waters of betwee...
AsHurricane Ianroared towards Florida, it experienced a phenomenon known as rapid intensification — getting very strong, very fast. Scientists say the process ofhurricanesrapidly intensifying is becomingmore frequent, and is connected to the impact of human-causedclimate change. Early Tuesday morningHur...
Ian is forecast to be an extremely powerful hurricane offshore of Southwest Florida by early Wednesday. Storm surge has the potential to impact much of Florida’s west coast, with the highest risk from Ft. Myers to the Tampa Bay region. The core threat zone has widened on the west coast ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged Floridiansto take precautionsand declared a state of emergency for all 67 counties ahead of the impacts of Hurricane Ian. Somemandatory evacuations were ordered Mondayin the Tampa Bay area, and Tampa'sairport was set to shut downat 5 p.m. Eastern time...
After being downgraded to a tropical storm briefly, Ian strengthened back to a Category 1 hurricane as it traveled off the east coast of Florida and into the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean toward the Carolinas. An image shows flooding threat from Ian, as of 5 p.m. ...
On Wednesday, September 27th 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall on Cuba as a Category 3 Hurricane, eventually hitting Florida as a Category 4 Hurricane. Over the next several days, Ian would make its way through Florida, causing massive damage. After losing strength over the Florida mainland, Ia...
HURRICANE IAN TIES 4TH-STRONGEST STORM TO MAKE LANDFALL IN FLORIDA 2. Scope of storm surge Several factors can impact the size of a hurricane’s storm surge, but in the case of the two Gulf Coast landfalling cyclones, Ian vastly outdid Charley’s impacts. ...
Michael was the first Category 5 hurricane on record to impact the Florida Panhandle, the fourth-strongest landfalling hurricane in the contiguous United States in terms of wind speed, and the most intense hurricane on record to strike the United States in the month of October. The thirteenth ...
To Milton's northeast, an area of frontal boundary and lower pressure that in many ways had possibly been adding some extra tug to the north, is in the process of consolidating off the east coast of Florida and is now a stout gale low that may be acquiring some subtropical and tropical ...
The prayers of a nation go out to the people in Florida devastated by Hurricane Ian, particularly those in the Ft. Myers area. Ian was indeed one of the most powerful and destructive hurricanes ever to strike southwest Florida. Unfortunately, the tragedy is compounded by climate-change acti...