A Florida Costco is already running out of toilet paper and paper towels as residents brace for Hurricane Ian. The store is also imposing certain purchasing limits on water.
Ian was forecast to hit the western tip of Cuba as a major hurricane and then become an even stronger Category 4 with top winds of 140 miles over warm Gulf of Mexico waters before striking Florida. of bottled water as Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a statewide emergency.
Across the peninsula in Titusville, generators, gas cans, chain saws and weather radios were in demand, Ace hardware store owner Bill Pastermack said.The National Weather Service warned on Twitter Monday that a life-threatening storm surge is possible along much of Florida's West Coast starting late Tuesday, "with the highest risk from Fort Myers to the Tampa Bay region.
Bob Gualtieri, sheriff of Pinellas County, Florida, which includes St. Petersburg, said in a briefing that while no one will be forced to leave, "mandatory" evacuation orders are expected to begin Tuesday.
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