<p>Hurricane Ian slammed into southwest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> as a powerful Category 4 hurricane Wednesday afternoon after more than 2 million Floridians were given evacuation orders.</p>
<p>With 150 mph winds, Hurricane Ian is tied for the 4th strongest hurricane to ever hit the state, according to meteorologist Philip Klotzbach.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneIan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurricaneIan</a> ranks in a tie for 4th with Charley (2004) and Florida Keys (1919) for the strongest <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hurricanes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hurricanes</a> by maximum sustained wind (150 mph) to make landfall in Florida on record. Table shows all 15 Category 4-5 hurricanes to make landfall in Florida on record. <a href="https://t.co/VlOwPgPZpw">pic.twitter.com/VlOwPgPZpw</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) <a href="https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/1575204991488299010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The National Hurricane Center said that the hurricane was moving north-northeast at approximately 9 mph and is expected to slow down and turn northeast on Thursday. The center of the hurricane is expected to make landfall late Wednesday afternoon and the storm will &#8220;emerge over the western Atlantic by late Thursday.&#8221;</p>
<p>The National Hurricane Center warned that a &#8220;catastrophic storm surge inundation of 12 to 18 above ground level&#8221; and destructive waves were expected along the southwest Florida coastline. The bulletin warned that &#8220;catastrophic wind damage&#8221; was already occurring as wind speeds reached up to 155 mph. Officials warned that the storm presented a &#8220;life-threatening situation&#8221; and that people needed to &#8220;take all necessary actions to protect life and property from rising water and the potential for other dangerous conditions.&#8221;</p>
<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said that his administration mobilized &#8220;fleets of highwater vehicles, 42,000 linemen, 7,000 National Guardsmen and 179 aircraft&#8221; to respond to the hurricane.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneIan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HurricaneIan</a> is making landfall now. Florida is ready to respond. We have fleets of highwater vehicles, 42,000 linemen, 7,000 National Guardsmen and 179 aircraft prepared to help.</p>
<p>&mdash; Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1575182060318511106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Approximately one million Floridians have lost power so far as the hurricane makes landfall, with the majority of the outages occurring in Lee, Collier, and Sarasota counties.</p>
<p>DeSantis warned that residents in those counties, if they chose to ignore evacuation orders, could no longer safely evacuate and they needed to prepare themselves for a bumpy ride.</p>
<p>&#8220;If you are in any of those counties, it&#8217;s no longer possible to safely evacuate. It&#8217;s time to hunker down and prepare for this storm,&#8221; DeSantis said. “This is going to be a nasty nasty day, two days. It’s going to get a lot worse very quickly. So please hunker down.”</p>
<p>Prior to hitting Florida, Hurricane Ian knocked Cuba&#8217;s entire electrical grid offline, plunging the entire communist island into darkness.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cuba</a> (south of Florida and north of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jamaica?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jamaica</a>) seen from space in the evening of 27 September 2022.</p>
<p>Cuba vista desde el espacio la noche del 27 de septiembre de 2022. <a href="https://t.co/gZ2nI6XhUp">pic.twitter.com/gZ2nI6XhUp</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Eric Strating (@Eric_Strating) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eric_Strating/status/1574941561221062656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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