In 2004, Hurricane Charley made landfall on Cayo Costa Island as a Category 4 with 150 mph winds and a central pressure of 941 mb, and on Wednesday, Hurricane Ian matched Charley's strength.In the latest 8pm ET advisory, Hurricane Ian is a Category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph. Catastrophic storm surge is ongoing and damage is taking place as the eye moves northward through The Sunshine State.
Poweroutages.us shows that Floridians are continuing to lose power as the hurricane tracks north through the Sunshine State.Bradenton police officers are sharing video of downed power lines, flooding along the Manatee River and powerful whipping winds from Hurricane Ian.FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross is warning Central Florida, including the Orlando metro area, to prepare for flooding from Hurricane Ian.
Storm Surge Watches, Tropical Storm Warnings and Tropical Storm Watches have been issued from Florida northward through North Carolina.Ian will continue to weaken while it moves inland across Florida into Thursday but may retain hurricane or near-hurricane strength once it reaches the northeastern Florida coast. It is then expected to reemerge over the Atlantic Ocean later Thursday.Fort Myers top wind gusts."Everything is turning into a projectile," Nunley said of the debris.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and FDEM Director Kevin Guthrie provided an update on Florida's response to Hurricane Ian. After the storm, people should stay away from downed power lines and not attempt to move them even if in the road.FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross explains that as Hurricane Ian expands this could later be a problem for North Florida and Georgia and the Carolinas.Posted by Emilee SpeckFOX Weather power outage tracker with data from poweroutage.us.
The hurricane is no longer upset at the general public anymore.
Everything about THIS hurricane will soon be downgraded except the catastrophic damage costing billions...
Two days ago I read that this was the hurricane of the century, and people who predicted a drop to level 2 were mixed with food for sparrows. Two days and suddenly the power really dropped to the second level. Where are the alarmists from the day before yesterday?