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Hurricane Ian becomes major Category 3 storm as it hits Cuba, with Florida's west coast in its sights

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Hurricane Ian becomes major Category 3 storm as it hits Cuba, with Florida's west coast in its sights

Ian intensified into a major hurricane packing sustained winds of around 125 mph early Tuesday morning just before hitting western Cuba. The powerful Category 3 storm was expected to continue strengthening as it passed over the island on a track for the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, with Florida’s west coast in its path later this week.  Mandatory evacuations were ordered Monday in low-lying areas surrounding Tampa Bay, and officials asked others in…

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Hurricane Ian will hit Florida as a major storm, forecasters say

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Hurricane Ian will hit Florida as a major storm, forecasters say

Hurricane Ian is approaching western Cuba and is expected to move toward Florida, triggering a series of alerts and storm watches. This satellite image was captured shortly after Monday’s sunrise. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR Updated September 26, 2022 at 10:45 AM ET Hurricane Ian is projected to bring a perilous storm surge and winds as strong as 140 mph when it nears Florida’s Gulf Coast in the middle of this week, the National Hurricane Center said on Monday….

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State of emergency declared in Florida as Hurricane Ian intensifies

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State of emergency declared in Florida as Hurricane Ian intensifies

HAVANA — Hurricane Ian moved near the Cayman Islands and closer to western Cuba early Monday on a track to hit Florida as a major hurricane this week. Ian was forecast to intensify rapidly and hit Cuba as a major hurricane late Monday, and then become an even stronger Category 4 hurricane over warm Gulf of Mexico waters before striking the west central coast of Florida on Wednesday. Authorities in Cuba suspended classes in Pinar…

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Hurricane Ian will miss Texas-owned oil wells in the gulf

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Hurricane Ian will miss Texas-owned oil wells in the gulf

Forecasters announced a storm, now named Ian, strengthened into the fourth hurricane of the 2022 season this morning. The category 1 storm is expected to intensify as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days. Texas will avoid its path — the storm is heading for Florida. Even so, the gulf is a big part of the Texas energy industry. Should we expect there to be any concerns on that front? Matt…

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Hurricane Ian: Texas prepares to send help to Florida ahead of storm's approach

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Hurricane Ian: Texas prepares to send help to Florida ahead of storm's approach

The Texas Gulf Coast Region will send one of their own to Florida ahead of Hurricane Ian’s possible landfall later this week. Author: Ugochi Iloka, John Diaz, Associated Press Published: 6:20 AM CDT September 26, 2022 Updated: 6:28 AM CDT September 26, 2022 HOUSTON — Representatives from the American Red Cross Texas Gulf Coast Region will be sending one of their own to Florida ahead of Hurricane Ian‘s possible landfall. The Red Cross said it’s…

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TribFest Recap: Can Texas Plan Properly for Droughts and Floods to Come?

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TribFest Recap: Can Texas Plan Properly for Droughts and Floods to Come?

Lake Buchanan in 1999, at the end of a five-year drought cycle, as the water receded more than a half mile from the normal shoreline (Photo by Kenneth E. Harker, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) “Is this the new normal?” That was the first question from Kiah Collier, reporter for The Texas Tribune and ProPublica and moderator of the “Parched” panel on Texas’s water woes at the Texas Tribune Festival. Collier could have been…

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Florida monitors a growing Tropical Storm Ian in Caribbean

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Florida monitors a growing Tropical Storm Ian in Caribbean

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities and residents in Florida were keeping a cautious eye on Tropical Storm Ian as it rumbled through the Caribbean on Sunday, expected to continue gaining strength and become a major hurricane in the coming days on a forecast track toward the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for all of Florida the previous day, expanding an initial order that had covered two dozen counties. He urged residents…

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Artemis moon launch delayed again as Tropical Storm Ian strengthens

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Artemis moon launch delayed again as Tropical Storm Ian strengthens

Faced with stormy weather ahead of Tropical Storm Ian, which is expected to become a hurricane, NASA managers Saturday ruled out a third attempt to launch the Artemis 1 moon rocket Tuesday but held open the option of making a run at blastoff on October 2, the current backup date. That would require leaving the $4.1 billion 330-foot-tall Space Launch System rocket exposed to the elements atop pad 39B, assuming assurances from forecasters winds would…

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Tropical Storm Ian forms in Caribbean and is expected to impact Florida next week

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Tropical Storm Ian forms in Caribbean and is expected to impact Florida next week

Ian currently poses no threat to Southeast Texas but it’s something those along the Gulf Coast are going to want to monitor closely. HOUSTON — Tropical Storm Ian now joins Tropical Storm Gaston, Tropical Storm Hermine and Hurricane Fiona.  Ian formed in the Caribbean Friday night as a minimal tropical storm moving northwest. It is forecasted to skirt by Jamaica Saturday and Sunday as a moderate tropical storm before hearing to the Cayman Islands where…

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Tropical Storm Ian forms in Caribbean

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Tropical Storm Ian forms in Caribbean

Ian currently poses no threat to Southeast Texas but it’s something those along the Gulf Coast are going to want to monitor closely. HOUSTON — Hermine has formed, but not in the Caribbean. Tropical Depression #10 off the coast of Africa achieved tropical storm force winds ahead of Tropical Depression #9 in the Caribbean, therefore becoming Hermine. TD 9 will take on the name Ian after it strengthens. Tropical Depression #9 in the Caribbean is…

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Tropical Depression 9 forms, expected to make landfall as hurricane in South Florida next week

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Tropical Depression 9 forms, expected to make landfall as hurricane in South Florida next week

Tropical Storm Hermine formed Friday afternoon off the coast of Africa. The next named storm will be Ian. HOUSTON — Hermine has formed, but not in the Caribbean. Tropical Depression #10 off the coast of Africa achieved tropical storm force winds ahead of Tropical Depression #9 in the Caribbean, therefore becoming Hermine. TD 9 will take on the name Ian after it strengthens. Tropical Depression #9 in the Caribbean is still battling wind shear which…

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