The Florida National Guard has been activated as Ian is expected to grow into a hurricane Monday and strengthen into a Category 3 storm or stronger on Tuesday.
More than 2,000 National Guard members began staging along Florida’s coast Sunday as a strengthening Tropical Storm Ian was forecast to become a large and powerful hurricane approaching the state.National Hurricane Center saidForecasters expect Ian to become a hurricane Monday and reach major status — meaning a Category 3 storm or greater — on Tuesday, the weather agency said.
It was forecast to skirt western Florida on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center. President Joe Biden on Saturday approved Florida’s emergency declaration, which allows for federal aid. Tropical storm warnings covered the Cuban provinces of La Habana, Mayabeque and Matanzas, and Little Cayman and Cayman Brac were under a tropical storm watch.
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