Updated 10: 38 AM EDT, Wed September 28, 2022
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Gary and Sharon Adams clear their backyard of particles in Hollywood, Florida, on Wednesday, September28
Hurricane Ian is poised to cause “disastrous” winds and storm rise as it nears a Wednesday afternoon landfall in southwestern Florida, where it currently is providing crippling winds and rain.
After mauling Cuba on Tuesday, triggering an islandwide blackout, Ian is taking goal at Florida’s susceptible Gulf Coast, where locals have actually been boarding up and leaving in droves on overloaded highways. More than 2.5 million individuals were encouraged to leave, consisting of 1.75 million under necessary evacuation orders.
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Damage is seen at Kings Point condominiums in Delray Beach, Florida, on Wednesday. Officials think it was triggered by a twister sustained by Hurricane Ian.
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A television team broadcast from the beach in Fort Myers, Florida, on Wednesday.
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Highways in Tampa are empty on Wednesday ahead of Hurricane Ian making landfall. A number of seaside counties in western Florida were under necessary evacuations.
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Zuram Rodriguez surveys the damage around her house in Davie, Florida, early Wednesday.
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People play dominoes by flashlight throughout a blackout in Havana, Cuba, on Wednesday. Teams in Cuba are working to bring back power for millions Wednesday after the storm damaged the western area with high winds and harmful storm rise, triggering an island-wide blackout.
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Workers board up the windows on the University of Tampa school ahead of Hurricane Ian on Tuesday, September27
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People stroll through a flooded street in Batabano, Cuba, on Tuesday.
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Southwest Airlines travelers sign in near an indication that reveals canceled flights at the Tampa International Airport on Tuesday.
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Maria Llonch recovers valuables from her house in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, on Tuesday.
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Traffic constructs along Interstate-4 in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday.
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A male brings his kids thru rain and particles in Pinar del Rio on Tuesday.
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People drive through particles in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, on Tuesday.
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Frederic Herodet and Mary Herodet board up their Gulf Bistro dining establishment in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, on Tuesday.
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People stand outside a flooded storage facility in Batabano on Tuesday.
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NASA’s Artemis I rocket rolls back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday. The launch of the rocket was delayed due to the approaching arrival of Hurricane Ian.
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Hurricane Ian is seen from the International Space Station on Monday.
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A Cuban household carries individual possessions to a safe location in the Fanguito area of Havana on Monday.
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Local citizens fill sandbags at Ben T. Davis Beach in Tampa on Monday.
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A household brings a canine to a safe location in Batabano on Monday.
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People wait in lines to sustain their automobiles at a Costco shop Monday in preparation for Ian’s arrival in Orlando, Florida.
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Ryan Copenhaver, supervisor of Siesta T’s in Sarasota, Florida, sets up cyclone panels over the shop’s windows on Monday.
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A female takes images while waves crash versus a seawall in George Town, Grand Cayman, on Monday.
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A male assists pull little boats out of Havana Bay in Cuba on Monday.
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Shelves are empty in a grocery store’s water aisle in Kissimmee, Florida, on Monday.
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Cathie Perkins, emergency situation management director in Pinellas County, Florida, recommendations a map on Monday that shows where storm rises would affect the county. Throughout a press conference, she advised anybody living in those locations to leave.
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This satellite image, taken Monday at 1 p.m. ET, reveals Hurricane Ian near Cuba.
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Sarah Peterson fills sandbags in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on Saturday, September24
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Besnik Bushati fills gas containers at a filling station in Naples, Florida, on Saturday. The station had only premium gas that early morning.
