Against the wind: The
hurricane is now on its way to the Gulf of Mexico with winds that could reach 200 km/h, while the US National Hurricane Center described the impact as "inevitable" and warned of "life-threatening flooding".
Computerized scenarios show that the center of the storm are the cities on the west side of Florida, from Tampa to Fort Myers.
Hurricane #Ian Advisory 21: Ian Expected to Cause Life-Threatening Storm Surge, Catastrophic Winds and Flooding in the Florida Peninsula.
Storm Surge Warning Issued For the Lower Florida Keys.
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— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 28, 2022
Hurricane (illustration), photo: GettyImages
The shelters were opened, the rescue forces were reinforced and about 2.5 million residents of the country received an evacuation order while they waited for the worst.
The governor of Florida, Ron de Santis, held a press conference early in the morning (Wednesday Israel time) in which he warned that: "If you are in an area designated for evacuation, especially in those districts in southwest Florida, your time to evacuate is coming to an end. You need to evacuate now," he urged.
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— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 28, 2022
Satellite image of the hurricane over the Cuban sky, photo: AP
"we will recover from this"
"It's a monster and there is confusion about the path of the hurricane," Renee Correa, a resident of the area, told The Associated Press.
"Tampa has been lucky for 100 years, but it's a little scary now," she admitted.
Cuba was the first to be affected after the hurricane "Ian" passed through the west of the country last night (Tuesday) and caused a general collapse of the electricity network which blackened the island.
"There is no electricity service in the whole country," admitted Lazaro Guerrera, CEO of the local electricity company. "We had a large area in the west of the country without any service, including the capital, Havana," he added.
The focus of the impact was in the province of Pinar del Rio.
The Cuban president, Miguel Diaz Canal, came to visit the place in order to be impressed by the reconstruction works and to strengthen the residents.
"The destruction is great, but we trust you, we will recover from it," the Cuban president noted.
Karid Alvarez stands in her home that was destroyed by Hurricane Ian in Cuba, photo: AFP
Estuvimos en #PinarDelRío.
Los daños son grandes, aunque aún se han podido contabilizar.
Ya está saliendo ayuda de todo el país
Confiamos en los pinareños, pueblo noble, trabajador y con mucha experiencia en estas situaciones.
Tengan la certainty de que nos vamos a recuperar.
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— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) September 27, 2022 Were we wrong?
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