Hurricane Ian - live updates: Fears of major flooding as 'extremely dangerous' eyewall moving onto US shore

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Hurricane Ian is approaching the coast of Florida, where it's expected to be one of the 'strongest storms ever' to hit the US. There are concerns it could bring 'devastating' storm surge. Sky's marthakelner is in Fort Meyers, Florida. Latest:

With Hurricane Ian expected to make landfall soon, you can watch what's happening at Sunshine Skyway over Tampa Bay here. We've been talking lots about storm surges today, but not everyone will be familiar with the term.

Water is able to move fast in a surge, sweeping people away, throwing about boats and vehicles and destroying structures. Storm surges can become even more dangerous if they coincide with high tide, and a powerful storm surge can sweep away roads, erode beaches and contaminate land with salt water.Many of the 1,500 people killed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 lost their lives directly or indirectly due to storm surges.

Fallen trees are being cleared while officials try to get power back to residents after an outage across the country. Some areas are set to contend with two feet or more of rainfall, causing freshwater flooding. Hurricane Ian's most dangerous winds have begun hitting the southwest coast as the storm approaches landfall.

 

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marthakelner Normal yearly thing for those guys, my gosh. And tornadoes.🙏

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