In the middle Caribbean Sea, the ninth named tropical storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season has developed. It is expected to intensify into a hurricane before making landfall in Florida the following week. If so, it will be the state’s first significant hurricane since 2018.
Caribbean Storm According to the National Hurricane Center, Ian was about 270 miles south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and heading west at 16 mph as of 2 p.m. on Saturday. The centre predicted “significant strengthening” during the next days.
After passing briefly over Cuba at or near major hurricane status, the prediction depicts Ian “as a major hurricane over the eastern Gulf while it is approaching the west coast of Florida,” the agency said on Friday.
The order reads, “There is a continuing risk of dangerous storm surge, heavy rainfall, flash flooding, strong winds, hazardous seas, and isolated tornadic activity for Florida’s Peninsula and portions of the Florida Big Bend, North Florida, and Northeast Florida. The Florida Division of Emergency Management has determined this.”
