By Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Ian is no longer a normal hurricane. It is more of a hybrid, combining a hurricane with a typical storm system, and it is already lashing the Georgia and Carolina coasts with ferocious winds and rainfall. “Ian is caught between quickly intensifying over the warm Gulf Stream water and being
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, Alaa Elassar, Jason Hanna and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Ian, now a post-tropical cyclone, was moving farther inland Friday night after pummeling South Carolina with fierce winds and a destructive storm surge, less than two days after killing at least 45 people in Florida and leaving behind an apocalyptic path of destruction. The
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN As Florida wakes up Friday to apocalyptic, coast-to-coast damage — with searchers still going door-to-door and millions without power — deadly Hurricane Ian has begun lashing South Carolina, where an expected Friday afternoon landfall threatens more lethal flooding and could be powerful enough to alter the coastal landscape.
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz and Brandon Miller, CNN Hurricane Ian slammed into the Gulf Coast of Florida on Wednesday with record-breaking storm surge and devastating winds. But as it tracked inland, extreme rainfall became the most destructive aspect of the storm for central Florida. Radar estimates suggest well over 12 inches of rain fell in just
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist The sun has risen over the Sunshine State, and soon we will know more about the trail of destruction Hurricane Ian has left behind in southwest Florida. Many of the hardest hit areas lost all communications during the height of the storm, and we just don’t know yet how bad
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist The sun has risen over the Sunshine State, and soon we will know more about the trail of destruction Hurricane Ian has left behind in southwest Florida. Many of the hardest hit areas lost all communications during the height of the storm, and we just don’t know yet how bad
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist The sun has risen over the Sunshine State, and soon we will know more about the trail of destruction Hurricane Ian has left behind in southwest Florida. Many of the hardest hit areas lost all communications during the height of the storm, and we just don’t know yet how bad
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Eric Levenson, Jason Hanna and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Ian’s vicious combination of winds, rain and storm surge caused at least a dozen deaths, flooded homes, cut off roadways and left millions of Florida residents without power Thursday as it again intensified into a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean and barreled toward South
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz and Brandon Miller, CNN Hurricane Ian is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of Florida as one of the strongest storms on record for the area. Its storm surge could be unlike anything seen there, and forecasters are warning that Ian’s intense rainfall — which is expected to continue across the peninsula
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy and Dakin Andone, CNN Almost half of all deaths from tropical cyclones come from storm surge. While many people focus on the wind speed of storms, the danger often comes from the water flowing in from the ocean. Privately, you may be wondering (and you wouldn’t be alone): “What exactly is storm
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Landfall is within hours. What once looked like a possible Friday landfall for Hurricane Ian is now expected in the early afternoon Wednesday. Ian’s eyewall, the most dangerous part of the storm with the strongest wind, heaviest rain and worst storm surge, is only about 40 miles from the coastline
Continue ReadingBy Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologist Here’s a list of key locations in Florida that will be impacted by Hurricane Ian — and what CNN meteorologists expect to see as the storm moves through. These are estimates based on the latest forecast guidance and could still change. Live updates: Hurricane Ian slams Florida Fort Myers: Tropical
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist Landfall is within hours. What once looked like a possible Friday landfall for Hurricane Ian is now expected in the early afternoon Wednesday. Ian’s eyewall, the most dangerous part of the storm with the strongest wind, heaviest rain and worst storm surge, is only about 40 miles from the coastline
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Eric Levenson, Jason Hanna and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Hurricane Ian continued to batter the Florida peninsula with a catastrophic trifecta of high winds, heavy rain and historic storm surge Wednesday night, even as it weakened to a Category 1 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. Amid widespread flooding, property damage, power outages
Continue ReadingBy Amir Vera, Eric Levenson, Jason Hanna and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Hurricane Ian continued to batter the Florida peninsula with a catastrophic trifecta of high winds, heavy rain and historic storm surge Wednesday night, even as it weakened to a Category 1 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. Amid widespread flooding, property damage, power outages
Continue ReadingBy Judson Jones, CNN Meteorologist If you went to bed hoping Ian would go away, your dreams didn’t come true. It’s big, strong, and will move northeast and soon slow down — all recipes for a worst-case scenario for the western coast of Florida. For residents in the Tampa Bay area, “it’s time to stop
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Hurricane Ian strengthened rapidly Wednesday morning as it churned over the ultra-warm water of the Gulf of Mexico on its way toward Florida. The storm’s maximum wind speed increased by 35 mph in wind speed in less than three hours, going from a category 3 to a strong
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Jason Hanna and Christina Maxouris, CNN More than 2.5 million Floridians were under some kind of evacuation warning Tuesday as Hurricane Ian marched closer to the state’s west coast after knocking out power across all of Cuba. Southern Florida began feeling the storm’s first effects Tuesday evening, with rain and powerful winds
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist Waking up this morning, there’s a sense of dread. Hurricane Ian could be the storm that the west coast of Florida has always feared — especially Tampa. One of the cities most vulnerable to hurricanes could face its worst-case scenario. Tampa is now under a hurricane watch and storm surge
Continue ReadingBy Angela Fritz and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Hurricane Ian strengthened rapidly Wednesday morning as it churned over the ultra-warm water of the Gulf of Mexico on its way toward Florida. The storm’s maximum wind speed increased by 35 mph in wind speed in less than three hours, going from a category 3 to a strong
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