It’s expected to turn more to the north on Thursday.
The center’s latest tracking placed Hurricane Ian about 110 miles southwest of Naples, moving north-northeast toward Florida at 10 miles per hour. update from the National Hurricane Center removed much of Tampa Bay from Hurricane Ian’s “cone of uncertainty.” ”But of course, that number will be in the millions relatively shortly,” DeSantis said.Īn eastward shift in the storm’s track has prompted a more optimistic forecast for Tampa Bay.Īn 11 p.m. ĭeSantis said the state has encouraged hotels that don’t normally allow pets to waive that restriction, and many have complied.Ĭurrently, about 8,000 customers in southeast Florida are without power. Information on occupancy can be found at /Florida, he said, and shelters can be found in each county at.
Hotels still have occupancy available in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties and in the Panhandle, from Tallahassee to Pensacola. Residents should heed tornado warnings by sheltering in an interior room away from windows and doors.įloridians who haven’t left evacuation areas should do so immediately, DeSantis said. ”This is a lot of nasty weather that we’re in store for over the next few days,” he said.Īlready, the state has seen multiple tornadoes - two radar-indicated tornados in Kings Point in Palm Beach County and possible tornados in Hollywood, in Broward County, DeSantis said. ”There will be catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge on the Gulf Coast region,” DeSantis said.Ĭurrently, the storm is projected to leave the state from Volusia County sometime Friday morning, subjecting most of the state to high winds and heavy rain, he said. But Floridians in southwest Florida will start to experience extreme winds and storm surge well before then, he warned.
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