Hurricane Ian’s sustained winds intensified to around 125 mph early Tuesday morning as the storm strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane, making landfall in western Cuba.
The National Hurricane Center expects Ian to continue to strengthen on its approach to Florida’s west coast, which is bracing for potentially “life-threatening” storm surges as seawater levels continue to rise with winds pushing water onshore.
Mandatory evacuations were ordered Monday for areas in the Tampa Bay region, with officials asking others to begin voluntarily evacuating to expedite the amount of time it could take to move hundreds of thousands of people out of Hurricane Ian’s path.
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