Florida Braces For Category 4 Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm as it bore down on Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday after knocking out power to all of Cuba. Meteorologist Bill Karins has the latest updates.


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Florida Braces For Category 4 Hurricane Ian

[dakota]

Thank you Governor DeSantis for getting this migrants out of harms way

[frankpeter]

And yet DeSantis denies we are in a climate emergency. Vote Blue at the midterms.

[didmooretheundone]

It needs to be understood that these hurricanes will only continue to become worse.
Vote Blue to put an end to this catastrophic trend.

[marthashandley]

I hope the folks in Florida are safe! 😵💟💙

[steveg]

Ian AND Ron at the same time, even prayer won’t help FLA from this double whammy.

[junheceta]

Dear DeathSantis: Venezuelan immigrants wish to thank you for sending them to the safety of Martha's Vineyard.

[patriciamcintosh]

May ALMIGHTY GOD Protect the people of Florida 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽

[icebergrose]

Glad the people in Florida have good insurance. Oh wait..

[Channeled_from_Zenith]

I’m in Naples! We are feeling the effects right now. I’m praying for everyone in Ft Myers and Port Charlotte 🙏🏼

[cleo]

why all the political comments? this has nothing to do with politics its a hurricane unless you miss that. stay safe to those who reside in florida and instead of political comments why dont we all pray for a change.

[RetroLuv_]

I have a friend in Tampa I was like “dude u need to get out”

He’s like nah I’m good… the grass needs watering anyways

[davidkeefe]

Hopefully Mar- a-Lago will become a new ocean view property.

[zacharytaylor]

Everybody please pray for Florida 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. Be safe Florida 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[PhoenixRising]

Get out of evacuation zones! Ian is packing 155mph+ winds.

[humangeneric-]

This storm is tracking exactly like Charlie did in 2005. Looks like Tampa is going to dodge a bullet yet again. Lucky Tampons!

[GrahamChowder]

Latest update. Ian is a Cat. 5 just off the coast of Fort Myers.

[autumn]

Maybe, some of those banned books can be repurposed as roofing and windows. Lord knows, home insurance in floriduh is in it's own state of emergency. Good thing DeathSantis has his priorities straight.

[joeharrington]

As trump said can’t you nuke this hurricane. He is a stable genius. He knows. No one knows more about hurricanes than him.

[earthrider]

We aren't helping the situation, we're compounding the natural changes.

[joeanderson]

Hurricane Charlie was a fast moving storm. This storm is moving slowly, and will dump more rain.