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As it approaches Florida, Ian is expected to intensify into a Category 4 hurricane.
On Monday, as it passes over the warm tropical seas of the Caribbean Sea, Hurricane Ian is anticipated to rapidly intensify. The fifth hurricane of the Atlantic season will then intensify as it moves north across the Gulf of Mexico.
Although there is uncertainty regarding the hurricane’s route and intensity, it is currently anticipated that the storm will make landfall on the west coast of Florida or the Florida Panhandle around lunchtime on Thursday.
Residents of Cuba, the Florida Keys, and the Florida peninsula have been urged by the National Hurricane Center to prepare a hurricane plan and pay close attention to forecast updates
