Hurricane Ian nears historic Category 5 status, closes in on Florida: Live updates

Hurricane Ian just shy of a Category 5 hurricane as it nears Florida

Here’s how one NOAA official explains it:

“We expect Ian’s center to reach the coast later today. And then it’s going to move slowly northeastward across the Florida peninsula, bringing widespread hurricane force winds, well inland — perhaps even as far inland as the Orlando metro area. And it’s going to slowly move northeastward and emerge near the northeast coast of Florida — but not until Thursday night or early Friday morning,” according to Michael Brennan, acting deputy director of NOAA.

“So we’re going to have a very prolonged, heavy rainfall event. We could see widespread rainfall totals of 10 to 15 inches, Tampa, Orlando, up to near Jacksonville. And somewhere in there is probably going to get close to two feet of rain. We’re going to have widespread catastrophic flooding impacts across much of northern and central Florida from this storm as well,” he added.

Watch as we intercept Category 4/5 Hurricane Ian from the Port Charlotte to Punta Gorda Area.

Max Olson Chasing LIVE STORM CHASE – Hurricane Ian Slamming into Florida

The Hurricane Hunters are now noticing that Ian is starting to notice that Ian, whom just hit a landmass that would hypothetically weaken it, is continuing to strengthen.

More and more information is coming out as the track and intensity are now starting to get finalized.
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