Cuba in the dark after Hurricane Ian knocks out power grid

Cuba inside the black following Hurricane Ian knocks not here ability grid

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba remained inside the black early Wednesday following Hurricane Ian knocked not here its ability grid with every one other accompanied by devastated some of the country's most important tobacco farms when it hit the island's western point while a greatest storm.

Authorities were employed overnight to gradually reinstate work to the country's 11 million people, according to a statement from Cuba's Electric Union. Power was at first knocked not here to concerning 1 million people inside Cuba's western provinces, nevertheless subsequent the entire grid collapsed.

Ian hit a Cuba that has been struggling accompanied by an monetary crisis with every one other accompanied by has faced recurrent ability outages inside recent months. It made landfall while a Category 3 tempest on the island's western end, devastating Pinar del Río province, where a a large amount of of the tobacco used for Cuba's iconic cigars is grown.

Tens of thousands of people were evacuated with every one other accompanied by others fled the area ahead of the coming of Ian, which caused flooding, damaged houses with every one other accompanied by toppled trees. Authorities were still assessing the damage, although no indeed fatalities had been reported by Tuesday night.

Ian's winds damaged one of Cuba's most important tobacco farms inside La Robaina.

"It was apocalyptic, a real disaster," said Hirochi Robaina, owner of the farm that bears his name with every one other accompanied by that his grandad made known internationally.

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Robaina, too the owner of the Finca Robaina cigar producer, posted photos on communal media of wood-and-thatch roofs smashed to the ground, greenhouses inside rubble with every one other accompanied by wagons overturned.

State media said Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel visited the affected region.

"Being inside the hurricane was dreadful for me, nevertheless we are here alive," said Pinar del Rio resident Yusimí Palacios, who asked authorities for a roof with every one other accompanied by a mattress.

Officials had place up 55 shelters with every one other accompanied by took steps to retain protected from danger crops, mainly tobacco.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Cuba suffered "significant wind with every one other accompanied by tempest surge impacts" when the hurricane struck accompanied by top sustained winds of 125 mph (205 kph).

Ian was expected to obtain flat stronger over the hot Gulf of Mexico, reaching top winds of 130 mph (209 kph) approaching the southwestern seaboard of Florida, where 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate.

As the storm's center moved into the Gulf, scenes of demolition emerged inside Cuba. Authorities were still assessing the harm inside its world-famous tobacco belt.

Local management stopping place TelePinar reported heavy harm at the main medical organization inside Pinar del Rio city, tweeting photos of collapsed ceilings with every one other accompanied by downed trees. No deaths were reported.

Videos on communal media showed downed ability lines with every one other accompanied by gash off roads inside the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Artemisa with every one other accompanied by Mayabeque. A medical organization inside Pinar del Río was damaged.

"The town is flooded," said farmer Andy Muñoz, 37, who lives inside Playa Cajío inside Artemisa.

He said numerous people lost their belongings due to the tempest surge.

"I spent the hurricane at place of residence accompanied by my husband with every one other accompanied by the dog. The masonry with every one other accompanied by zinc roof of the house had fair been installed. But the tempest tore it down," said Mercedes Valdés, who lives down the main highway connecting Pinar del Río to San Juan y Martínez. "We couldn't rescue our things ... we fair ran out."

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AP journalist Osvaldo Angulo inside Pinar del Rio contributed to this report.

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PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — It's been additional than a century since a greatest tempest exist fond of Hurricane Ian has struck the Tampa Bay area, which blossomed from a few hundred thousand people inside 1921 to additional th...","isTpContent":false,"socialEmbeds":[{"id":"se0:88340fd0-2a00-11ed-c7dd-ebbd998d62f7","html":"\u003ciframe src=\"https://interactives.ap.org/hurricane-tracker/?lat=26&lon=-81&zoom=5&apnews=true\"\n class=\"ap-embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"655px\" style=\"border: 1px firm #eee;\">\n \u003c!-- The following message will exist displayed to users accompanied by unsupported browsers: -->\n Your browser does not support the \u003ccode>iframe\u003c/code> HTML tag.\n Try viewing this inside a modern browser exist fond of Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Internet Explorer 9 or later.\n\u003c/iframe>","caption":" ","display":"se0","maxWidth":"","alignment":"middle","isHeroImage":false}],"isPrContent":false,"storyHTML":"\u003cp>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — It's been additional than a century since a greatest tempest exist fond of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/hurricanes\">Hurricane Ian\u003c/a> has struck the Tampa Bay area, which blossomed from a few hundred thousand people inside 1921 to additional than 3 million today.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Many of these people exist inside low-lying neighborhoods that are extremely susceptible to tempest surge with every one other accompanied by flooding they have rarely earlier to experienced, which some experts speak could exist worsened by the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/climate-climate-change-oceans-storms-weather-108ee106d20ab2ab4880011b78e71981\">effects of climate change\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003cp>The difficulty confronting the neighbourhood is that storms approaching from the south, while \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/storms-hurricanes-florida-cuba-evacuations-5ca1bc4f27ff637e94f0d6cfd906755e\">Hurricane Ian is on track\u003c/a> to do, bulldoze enormous volumes of aqua up into shallow Tampa Bay with every one other accompanied by are probable to inundate homes with every one other accompanied by businesses. The adjacent Gulf of Mexico is too shallow.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"Strong persistent winds will push a a large amount of aqua into the bay with every one other accompanied by there's nowhere for it to go, so it fair builds up," said Brian McNoldy, a older research associate at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric with every one other accompanied by Earth Science. "Tampa Bay is extremely surge-prone since of its orientation."\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>The National Hurricane Center is predicting tempest surge inside Tampa Bay with every one other accompanied by surrounding waters of in the centre of 5 with every one other accompanied by 10 feet (1.5 with every one other accompanied by 3 meters) above normal tide conditions with every one other accompanied by rainfall of in the centre of 10 with every one other accompanied by 15 inches (12 with every one other accompanied by 25 centimeters) since of Hurricane Ian.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"That's a a large amount of rain. That's not going to drain not here quickly," said Cathie Perkins, crisis management director inside Pinellas County, where St. Petersburg with every one other accompanied by Clearwater are located. "This is no indeed joke. This is life-threatening tempest surge."\u003c/p>\u003cp>Officials inside the area began issuing evacuation orders Monday for a wide swath of Tampa, accompanied by the St. Petersburg area in a short time to follow. The evacuations could affect 300,000 people or additional inside Hillsborough County alone.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"social-embed\" id=\"se0:88340fd0-2a00-11ed-c7dd-ebbd998d62f7\">\u003ciframe src=\"https://interactives.ap.org/hurricane-tracker/?lat=26&lon=-81&zoom=5&apnews=true\"\n class=\"ap-embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"655px\" style=\"border: 1px firm #eee;\">\n \u003c!-- The following message will exist displayed to users accompanied by unsupported browsers: -->\n Your browser does not support the \u003ccode>iframe\u003c/code> HTML tag.\n Try viewing this inside a modern browser exist fond of Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Internet Explorer 9 or later.\n\u003c/iframe>\u003cp class=\"social-caption\"> \u003c/p>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Gov. Ron DeSantis took note of the region's vulnerability inside a Monday afternoon report conference inside Largo, Florida.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"Clearly, when you look at the Tampa Bay area, one of the reasons why we terror storms is since of the sensitivity of this area with every one other accompanied by the fragility of this area,\" DeSantis said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>The last hour dated Tampa Bay was hit by a greatest tempest was Oct. 25, 1921. The hurricane had no indeed official name nevertheless is known locally while the Tarpon Springs storm, for the seaside town famed for its sponge-diving docks with every one other accompanied by Greek inheritance where it came ashore.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>The tempest surge from that hurricane, estimated at Category 3 accompanied by winds of up to 129 mph ( 207 km/h) was pegged at 11 feet (3.3 meters). At least eight people died with every one other accompanied by harm was estimated at $5 million at the time.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Now, the tourist-friendly neighbourhood known for its sugar-sand beaches has grown by leaps with every one other accompanied by bounds, accompanied by homes with every one other accompanied by businesses down the aqua the perfect locations — most of the time. Hurricane Ian could threaten all of that development.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Just while an example, the city of Tampa had concerning 51,000 residents inside 1920. Today, that number is almost 395,000. Many of the other cities inside the neighbourhood have experienced similar explosive growth.\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2015/09/15/381499.htm\">A report\u003c/a> from the Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark with every one other accompanied by Co. concluded inside 2015 that Tampa Bay is the most in danger place inside the U.S. to tempest surge flooding from a hurricane with every one other accompanied by stands to mislay $175 billion inside damage. A World Bank learning a few years earlier to that placed Tampa while the seventh-most in danger city to greatest storms on the entire globe.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>Yet for years storms seemed to bypass the neighbourhood somewhat inexplicably. Phil Klotzbach, research researcher inside the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, noted that only one of five hurricanes at Category 3 ability or higher has struck Tampa Bay since 1851.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"In general, cyclones moving over the Gulf of Mexico had a propensity of passing well northern of Tampa," the National Oceanographic with every one other accompanied by Atmospheric Administration said inside report on the 1921 storm.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv id=\"afs:Card:679488605506\" content-id=\"e0ff179a0c93debd154897e292f539f9\" class=\"hub-peek-embed\">Hub peek embed (Floods) - Compressed layout \u003c/div>\u003cp>Also lurking inside the waves with every one other accompanied by wind are the impacts of climate alter with every one other accompanied by the higher ocean levels scientists speak it is causing.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"Due to worldwide warming, worldwide climate models predict hurricanes will probable source additional great rainfall with every one other accompanied by have an increased coastal flood chance due to higher tempest surge caused by rising seas," Angela Colbert, a researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, \u003ca href=\"https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3184/a-force-of-nature-hurricanes-in-a-changing-climate/\">wrote inside a June report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>McNoldy, the University of Miami researcher, noted that Hurricane Andrew's tempest surge today would exist 7 inches (17 centimeters) higher than it was when that tempest pounded South Florida 30 years ago.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"As ocean flat rises, the same tempest surge will exist intelligent to flood additional areas since the baseline upon which it's happening is higher," McNoldy said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Amid all the science, a local myth has it that blessings from Native Americans who on one occasion called the neighbourhood place of residence have mostly protected it from greatest storms for centuries. Part of that myth is the numerous mounds built by the Tocobagan tribe inside what is now Pinellas County that some exist convinced by are meant while guardians opposed to invaders, including hurricanes.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Rui Farias, administrative director of the \u003ca href=\"https://spmoh.com/\">St. Petersburg Museum of History\u003c/a>, told the \u003ca href=\"https://www.tampabay.com/did-local-indian-mounds-save-tampa-bay-from-irmas-worst-some-say-yes/2337228/\">Tampa Bay Times\u003c/a> following Hurricane Irma's near fail to hit inside 2017 that numerous people still exist convinced by it.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"It's almost exist fond of when a myth becomes history," Farias said. 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inside less than 22 hours from Monday to Tuesday, Ian is bearing down while a probable Category 4 hurricane that threatens to deliver a nightmare storm-surge to the Tampa Bay with every one other accompanied by southwest Florida regions.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Ian's quick intensification occurred following it traveled over Caribbean waters that are concerning 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius) warmer than normal, mostly since of climate change. Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach said the hot aqua creates "a a large amount additional rocket fuel for the storm."\u003c/p>\u003cp>Climate alter has \u003ca href=\"https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/global-warming-and-hurricanes/\">other effects\u003c/a>. The build up of heat-trapping gases from burning fossil fuels is making storms \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/north-america-us-news-tropical-cyclones-ms-state-wire-hurricanes-c4b1892b9eff42d2a3f7553c36e888a5\">slower\u003c/a> with every one other accompanied by \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-sc-state-wire-typhoon-mangkhut-nc-state-wire-47d8e0bf05354260931de08ad9976a37\">wetter.\u003c/a> It exacerbates deadly tempest surges into and not here of sea-level rise, worsens freshwater flooding with every one other accompanied by increases the part of monster \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-climate-change-latin-america-science-us-news-84ddef64a42db194faeeccc0cba7ff0e\">Category 4 with every one other accompanied by 5 storms\u003c/a>, exist fond of Fiona last week, some studies show. \u003c/p>\u003cp>The contemporaneous hurricane time had been uncharacteristically lenient until concerning a week ago since of arid air inside the Atlantic. Yet while storms aren't necessarily additional frequent, they are getting nastier since of worldwide warming, experts say. \u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"social-embed\" id=\"se1:230c4070-2a00-11ed-c445-95fbe6881601\">\u003cdiv class=\"display-block\">\u003cstyle>@media only screen with every one other accompanied by (max-width: 415px){.htmlEmbedContent {width: 90%;margin: 0 auto;}}@media only screen with every one other accompanied by (min-width: 415px){.htmlEmbedContent {width: 70%;}}.youtube-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .youtube-container iframe { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }\u003c/style>\u003cdiv class=\"youtube-container\">\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/qAs94YO2OVU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\u003c/div>\u003cp class=\"social-caption\"> \u003c/p>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"In terms of impacts with every one other accompanied by climate change, yes, this time could exist a harbinger of type of what is to come," said University of Albany hurricane researcher Kristen Corbosiero. "But it's really firm to speak that climate alter has an impact on some one tempest inside terms of its formation or its individual intensity."\u003c/p>\u003cp>The National Hurricane Center defines fast intensifying storms while those that gain at least 35 mph inside wind rate inside less than 24 hours. Sudden changes tin source greatest problems for forecasters with every one other accompanied by crisis planners trying to assist residents obtain not here of harm's way.\u003c/p>\u003cp>In Ian's case, the meteorological conditions were so clear that forecasters were warning concerning it days inside advance.\u003c/p>\u003cp>While hurricane seasons fluctuate year-to-year, when looked at over 10-year intervals, there are violently 25% additional fast intensifying storms inside the Atlantic with every one other accompanied by Eastern Pacific now than 40 years ago, according to an analysis of National Hurricane Center facts by The Associated Press. From 2017 to 2021 there have been 30 fast intensifying storms inside the Atlantic with every one other accompanied by 32 inside the Eastern Pacific.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"That's a staggering statistic," said former National Oceanic with every one other accompanied by Atmospheric Administration climate with every one other accompanied by hurricane researcher Jim Kossin, now accompanied by the private Climate Service, a chance analysis firm. "What used to exist a very, extremely infrequent event obviously has not been infrequent lately.\"\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>A new yet-to-be-published learning inside a peer-reviewed journal shows that while hurricanes near the seaboard -- a danger point for people -- storms are intensifying additional fast than at some time before, said Karthik Balaguru, a Pacific Northwest National Lab climate researcher who conducted the study. "It's additional probable since of climate change," he said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>As aqua gets warmer at at some time deeper levels, the quick intensification of tropical storms will only accelerate.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"We're turning up the burner on a stove," said Kossin. \u003c/p>\u003cp>More strong hurricanes clasp additional moisture, which makes them additional explosive inside the form of torrential rains with every one other accompanied by tempest surges, experts say.\u003c/p>\u003cp>As if that weren't bad enough, research too shows that storms now tend to go additional slowly, allowing them to dump additional rainfall inside one place, exist fond of 2017's Hurricane Harvey, which devastated parts of Louisiana with every one other accompanied by Texas.\u003c/p>\u003cp>While Ian is expected to slow near the Florida seaboard with every one other accompanied by dump enormous amounts of rainfall it is not expected to exist near \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/science-floods-storms-hurricanes-hurricane-harvey-c536ba2a2c074ad3919ec0537966725c\">Harvey's flat of additional than 50 inches\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003cp>As storms intensify additional fast with every one other accompanied by additional frequently, forecasters with every one other accompanied by crisis planners are specified less hour dated to assist communities prepare for the worst. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Jefferson Parish, a neighbourhood of 430,000 people the occident of New Orleans, got hit last year by \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-115ff1a54e18d9eee61a81afa8df9fad\">Hurricane Ida.\u003c/a> That storm's winds went from 80 mph (130 kilometers per hour) to almost 140 mph (220 kilometers per hour) inside 24 hours, leaving little hour dated to evacuate residents. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"Time inside preparing for a tempest is your complete ally," said Joseph Valiente, the director of crisis management for Jefferson Parish.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Evacuating people ahead of large storms helps relieve the strain on city services, which ultimately helps a city recuperate faster, Valiente said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>___\u003c/p>\u003cp>Data journalist Mary Katherine Wildman contributed from Hartford, Connecticut, with every one other accompanied by Rebecca Santana contributed from New Orleans.\u003c/p>\u003cp>___\u003c/p>\u003cp>Follow AP's climate with every one other accompanied by environment coverage at \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment\">https://apnews.com/hub/climate-and-environment\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003cp>___\u003c/p>\u003cp>Follow Seth Borenstein on Twitter at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/borenbears\">@borenbears\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003cp>___\u003c/p>\u003cp>Associated Press climate with every one other accompanied by environmental coverage receives support from some private foundations. 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Residents began boarding up homes Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Ian. (Sept. 27) (AP Video: Cody Jackson)","display":"se2","maxWidth":"","alignment":"middle","isHeroImage":false}],"isPrContent":false,"storyHTML":"\u003cp>HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba while a greatest hurricane Tuesday, knocking not here ability to the entire country with every one other accompanied by leaving 11 million people lacking electricity, earlier to churning on a collision way accompanied by Florida over hot Gulf waters amid expectations it would build strong into a catastrophic \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/storms\">Category 4 storm.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003cp>Ian made landfall inside Cuba's Pinar del Rio province, where officials place up 55 shelters, evacuated 50,000 people, with every one other accompanied by took steps to retain protected from danger crops inside the nation's main tobacco-growing region. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Cuba suffered "significant wind with every one other accompanied by tempest surge impacts" when the hurricane struck accompanied by top sustained winds of 125 mph (205 kmh). \u003c/p>\u003cp>Ian was expected to obtain flat stronger over the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/climate-climate-change-oceans-storms-weather-108ee106d20ab2ab4880011b78e71981\">warm Gulf of Mexico\u003c/a>, reaching top winds of 130 mph (209 kph) approaching the southwest seaboard of Florida, where 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Tropical storm-force winds were expected across the southern peninsula late Tuesday, reaching hurricane-force Wednesday — when the eye was predicted to build landfall. With tropical storm-force winds extending 140 miles (225 kilometers) from Ian's center, harm was expected across a wide area of Florida. \u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"social-embed\" id=\"se1:14bb3b10-2a00-11ed-a2aa-edb2f83ecaba\">\u003cdiv class=\"display-block\">\u003cstyle>@media only screen with every one other accompanied by (max-width: 415px){.htmlEmbedContent {width: 90%;margin: 0 auto;}}@media only screen with every one other accompanied by (min-width: 415px){.htmlEmbedContent {width: 70%;}}.youtube-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .youtube-container iframe { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }\u003c/style>\u003cdiv class=\"youtube-container\">\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/nn4E76CZPUc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\u003c/div>\u003cp class=\"social-caption\"> \u003c/p>\u003c/div>\u003cp>It was not yet understandable precisely where Ian would crash ashore. Its exact track could determine how severe the tempest surge is for Tampa Bay, said University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy. Landfall south of the bay could build the impact "much less bad," McNoldy said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Gil Gonzalez boarded up his windows Tuesday with every one other accompanied by had sandbags prepared to retain protected from danger his Tampa home. He with every one other accompanied by his spouse had stocked up on bottled aqua with every one other accompanied by packed flashlights, cell packs for their cellphones with every one other accompanied by a bivouac stove earlier to evacuating.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"All the prized possessions, we've place them upstairs inside a friend's house with every one other accompanied by nearby, with every one other accompanied by we've got the automobile loaded," Gonzalez said on his way out.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged people to prepare for extended ability outages, with every one other accompanied by to obtain not here of the storm's potential path. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"It is a large storm, it is going to gumboot up a a large amount of aqua while it comes in,\" DeSantis told a report conference inside Sarasota, a coastal city of 57,000 that could exist hit. \"And you're going to extremity up accompanied by really significant tempest surge with every one other accompanied by you're going to extremity up accompanied by really significant flood events. And this is the sort of tempest surge that is existence threatening."\u003c/p>\u003cp>He said concerning 30,000 utility workers have by that hour dated been positioned around the condition nevertheless it strength lay clasp of days earlier to they tin safely stretch not here some of the downed ability lines.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"This thing's the real deal," DeSantis said. "It is a major, greatest storm."\u003c/p>\u003cp>DeSantis said almost 100 shelters had been opened by Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by additional expected. He said most buildings inside Florida are strong sufficient to withstand wind, nevertheless the 2.5 million people who have been told to evacuate face the greatest danger from flooding.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Hundreds of residents were actuality evacuated from some nursing homes inside the Tampa area, where hospitals were too moving some patients. Airports inside Tampa, St. Petersburg with every one other accompanied by Key West closed. Busch Gardens inside Tampa closed ahead of the storm, while some Orlando-area theme parks, including Disney World with every one other accompanied by Sea World, planned to near Wednesday with every one other accompanied by Thursday.\u003c/p>\u003cp>NASA \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/astronomy-space-launches-science-moon-b37971de971c4dbb4cc1c6a8c4d92cd1\">rolled its moon rocket\u003c/a> from the launch pad to its Kennedy Space Center hangar, adding weeks of delay to the trial flight. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Ian's forward movement was expected to slow over the Gulf, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-science-florida-storms-tampa-c872d318c12e44b7836171470cd6140d\">enabling the hurricane to grow wider with every one other accompanied by stronger.\u003c/a> The hurricane warning expanded Tuesday to cover violently 220 miles (350 kilometers) of Florida's the occident coast. The area includes Fort Myers while well while Tampa with every one other accompanied by St. Petersburg, which could obtain their \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/floods-science-florida-gulf-of-mexico-tampa-e0ff179a0c93debd154897e292f539f9\">first straight hit by a greatest hurricane since 1921\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Forecasters said the tempest surge could stretch not here 12 feet (3.6 meters) if it peaks at high tide. Rainfall near the area of landfall could top 18 inches (46 centimeters). They too reported a threat of isolated tornados actuality kicked up by the storm's approach across Florida.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"It's a monster with every one other accompanied by at that hour dated there's the uncertainty of the path," said Renee Correa, who headed inland to Orlando from the Tampa area accompanied by her feminine child with every one other accompanied by Chihuahua. "Tampa has been fortunate for 100 years, nevertheless it's a little scary now." \u003c/p>\u003cp>Kelly Johnson was preparing to hunker down at her place of residence set of two blocks from the beach inside Dunedin, the occident of Tampa. She said she would get away to the following ground if ocean aqua surges inland, with every one other accompanied by had a generator if ability goes out.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"I'm a Floridian, with every one other accompanied by we know how to deal accompanied by hurricanes," Johnson said. "This is small portion of living inside paradise — knowing that on one occasion inside a while these storms go nearer at you."\u003c/p>\u003cp>Forecasters warned the hurricane will exist felt across a large area while it plows across Florida accompanied by an anticipated turn northward. Flash floods were possible across the whole state, with every one other accompanied by portions of Florida's the orient seaboard faced a potential tempest surge threat while Ian's bands approach the Atlantic Ocean. Parts of Georgia with every one other accompanied by South Carolina too could see flooding rains into the weekend. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp pre-emptively declared a condition of crisis Tuesday, ordering 500 National Guard troops on standby to respond while needed.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>As the storm's center moved into the Gulf, scenes of demolition emerged inside Cuba's world-famous tobacco belt. The owner of the premier Finca Robaina cigar manufacturer posted photos on communal media of wood-and-thatch roofs smashed to the ground, greenhouses inside rubble with every one other accompanied by wagons overturned. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"It was apocalyptic, a real disaster," wrote Hirochi Robaina, grandson of the operation's founder. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Local management stopping place TelePinar reported heavy harm at the main medical organization inside Pinar del Rio city, tweeting photos of collapsed ceilings with every one other accompanied by toppled trees. No deaths were reported. \u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>At the White House, President Joe Biden said his management was sending hundreds of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees to Florida with every one other accompanied by sought to assure mayors inside the storm's footpath that Washington will meet their needs. He urged residents to heed local officials' orders.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"Your safety is additional important than anything," he said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden spoke subsequent Tuesday evening accompanied by DeSantis on confederate steps to assist Florida prepare for the tempest with every one other accompanied by both committed to near coordination. \u003c/p>\u003cp>___\u003c/p>\u003cp>Anderson reported from St. Petersburg, Florida. 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Damaging winds with every one other accompanied by rainfall lashed the state's laboriously populated Gulf Coast, accompanied by the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-storm-tracker-803956409642\">Naples to Sarasota\u003c/a> neighbourhood at "highest risk" of a devastating tempest surge.\u003c/p>\u003cp>U.S. Air Force hurricane hunters confirmed Ian \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-science-florida-storms-tampa-c872d318c12e44b7836171470cd6140d\">gained ability over hot Gulf of Mexico water\u003c/a> following battering Cuba, bringing down the country's power grid with every one other accompanied by leaving the entire island lacking power. \u003c/p>\u003cp>The hurricane could push while a a large amount of while 12 feet (3.6 meters) of ocean aqua ashore inside Florida, the U.S. National Hurricane Center inside Miami said, urging people to evacuate the danger area if they still can. More than 2.5 million people were under mandatory evacuation orders, nevertheless by rules and regulations no indeed one could exist forced to flee.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Ian was centered concerning 65 miles (105 kilometers) west-southwest of Naples at 7 a.m., swirling in the direction of the seaboard at 10 mph (17 kph). \u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>Florida residents rushed ahead of the impact to board up their homes, stash precious belongings on upper floors with every one other accompanied by flee. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"You can't do anything concerning natural disasters," said Vinod Nair, who drove inland from the Tampa area Tuesday accompanied by his wife, son, canine with every one other accompanied by set of two kittens seeking a innmotel inside the tourist neighbourhood of Orlando. 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He boarded the windows of his Tampa place of residence accompanied by plywood with every one other accompanied by laid down sandbags to retain protected from danger opposed to some flooding. He with every one other accompanied by his spouse packed their automobile accompanied by bottled water, flashlights, cell packs for their cellphones with every one other accompanied by a bivouac stove earlier to evacuating. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"All the prized possessions, we've place them upstairs inside a friend's house,\" Gonzalez said.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Airports inside Tampa, St. Petersburg with every one other accompanied by Key West closed, while did Disney World theme parks with every one other accompanied by Sea World inside Orlando ahead of the storm. \u003c/p>\u003cp>A set of two from England on vacation inside Tampa found themselves faced accompanied by riding not here the tempest at a shelter. Glyn with every one other accompanied by Christine Williams of London were told to depart from their innmotel near the beach when evacuations were ordered. Because the airfield shut down, they could obtain no indeed flying home.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\" data='autoembed'>\u003c/div>\u003cp>"Unfortunately, all the hotels are filled or closed, so it looks while though we're going to exist inside one of the shelters," Christine Williams said. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Her husband insisted all would exist fine. "You know, you got to go accompanied by the flow," Glyn Williams said. \"So we're completely contented doing what we're doing."\u003c/p>\u003cp>The exact location of landfall was still uncertain, nevertheless accompanied by Ian's tropical storm-force winds extending 175 miles (280 kilometers) from its center, flash floods were possible across the whole state. Parts of Florida's the orient seaboard faced a tempest surge threat while well, with every one other accompanied by isolated tornadoes were spinning off the tempest well ahead of landfall.\u003c/p>\u003cp>Florida Power with every one other accompanied by Light warned those inside Ian's footpath to brace for days lacking electricity. As a precaution, hundreds of residents were actuality evacuated from some nursing homes inside the Tampa area, where hospitals too were moving some patients. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Parts of Georgia with every one other accompanied by South Carolina too could see flooding rains with every one other accompanied by some coastal surge into Saturday. Georgia Gov. 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The polluted leftovers of Florida's phosphate fertilizer mining industry, additional than 1 billion tons inside "stacks" that look like enormous ponds, are at chance for leaks or other contamination triggered by Hurricane Ian, said environmental groups Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. (Tiffany Tompkins/The Bradenton Herald via AP, File)\u003c/p>","order":0,"imageMimeType":"image/jpeg","imageFileExtension":".jpeg","imageRenderedSizes":[2000,1000,800,600,400,200],"aspectRatio":1.52439024390244,"gcsBaseUrl":"https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/15cb51e361c445b99dd0bfa7c399d41e/","embedCaption":null,"uploaded":true,"flattenedCaption":"FILE - This aerial photo taken from an airplane shows a reservoir near the elderly Piney Point phosphate pit on April 3, 2021, inside Bradenton, Fla. 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About 30 million tons of this slightly radioactive waste is generated every one year, according to the Florida Industrial with every one other accompanied by Phosphate Research Institute. \u003c/p>\u003cp>"A greatest tempest event exist fond of the one we are bracing for tin inundate the facilities accompanied by additional aqua than the open-air ponds tin handle," Ragan Whitlock, staff attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity environmental group, said inside an email Tuesday.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"We are extremely worried concerning the potential impacts Hurricane Ian may have on phosphate facilities around the state," Whitlock added.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-florida-ron-desantis-wastewater-environment-48e3c0c31271d9d657d1151777b0cc47\">A leak inside March 2021\u003c/a> at a stack called Piney Point resulted inside the release of an estimated 215 million gallons of polluted aqua into Tampa Bay, causing massive go fishing kills. State officials, overseen by a court-appointed receiver, are employed accompanied by a $100 million appropriation to shut down that long-troubled location.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"During the past sextet months, the receiver has made significant forward movement in the direction of closing the facility," lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis said inside a court of rules and regulations filing Monday.\u003c/p>\u003cp>But the Center for Biological Diversity, which sued accompanied by other groups to near down Piney Point, noted that 4.5 million additional gallons of wastewater were released into Tampa Bay inside August.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"The imminent with every one other accompanied by substantial endangerment to the environment with every one other accompanied by anthropoid health with every one other accompanied by safety posed by Piney Point has not been abated" since a judge ordered a six-month remain inside the case. \u003c/p>\u003cp>Hurricane Ian is expected to build landfall inside southwest Florida on Wednesday earlier to cutting into and not here of the condition — extremely near to numerous of the gypsum stacks.\u003c/p>\u003cp>State Department of Environmental Protection \u003ca href=\"https://protectingfloridatogether.gov/PineyPointUpdate\">records\u003c/a> show that Piney Point has concerning 24 inches (60 centimeters) of rainfall capacity. Another facility inside the Tampa Bay area, operated by phosphate colossus Mosaic Co., has fair over 9 inches (22 centimeters) of rainfall capacity.\u003c/p>\u003cdiv class=\"ad-placeholder\">\u003c/div>\u003cp>A spill could solemnly harm rivers with every one other accompanied by other wetlands near the stacks, according to Jim Tatum of the Our Santa Fe River nonprofit group.\u003c/p>\u003cp>"Valuable aquatic with every one other accompanied by vegetative resources never completely recuperate from a spill," Tatum wrote on the organization's website. 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