Hurricane Ian is expected to hammer western Cuba late in the day with heavy winds and rain and a potentially life-threatening storm surge after strengthening overnight from a tropical storm, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday.
The fast-growing storm is located about 100 miles west of Grand Cayman, barreling northwest toward Cuba with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour , making it a"Devastating wind damage is possible where the core of Ian moves across western Cuba," the center said.
Farther north, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency in all 67 of the state’s counties, some of which had already announced evacuation orders. In Cuba, officials have placed the island's western provinces under a hurricane alert and have announced plans for allocating food and evacuating people from low-lying areas.
"I´m buying bread now because later in the afternoon I won´t be able to leave my house," said Guillermo Gomez, 79, as he waited to enter the bakery. "The water will be up to my knees."
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