A strengthening Hurricane Ian’s rain and winds are lashing Cuba’s western tip as it roared on a path that could see it hit Florida’s west coast as a Category 4 hurricane
Cuba Tropical Weather
In Havana on Monday, fishermen were taking their boats out of the water along the famous Malecon seaside boulevard, and city workers were unclogging storm drains ahead of the expected rain.“I am very scared because my house gets completely flooded, with water up to here,” he said, pointing to his chest.
On Monday night, Ian was moving northwest at 13 mph , about 105 miles east-southeast of the western tip of Cuba, with top sustained winds increasing to 105 mph . As many as 300,000 people may be evacuated from low-lying areas in Hillsborough County alone, county administrator Bonnie Wise said. Some of those evacuations were beginning Monday afternoon in the most vulnerable areas, with schools and other locations opening as shelters.Floridians lined up for hours in Tampa to collect bags of sand and cleared store shelves of bottled water. Gov.