Hurricane Ian

Category 3 Hurricane Ian is headed towards Florida.

Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified overnight, reaching Category 3 intensity

Residents across Florida scrambled to place sandbags around their homes 

As Hurricane Ian is expected to become a Category 4 storm, Florida residents are stocking up on essentials to prepare for possible landfall later this week.

Hurricane Ian made landfall early Tuesday 27 Sept. in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province.

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Officials in Cuba's Pinar del Rio province set up 55 shelters, rushed in emergency personnel and took steps to protect crops in Cuba 

Hurricane Ian

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Hundreds of thousands of residents in the west of the island were left without power because of storm damage.

The hurricane made landfall just southwest of the town of La Coloma in the Pinar del Río province in western Cuba around 4:30 a.m. ET 

Earlier in the day, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor tweeted a video from the MacFarlane Park, 1700 N MacDill Ave, urging residents to get ready.

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