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Florida Under Threats

<h4>&NewLine;Florida Under Threats<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Florida a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States of America is currently under threats&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The is bracing for impact as Hurricane Ian inches closer to landfall&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Hurricane Ian strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Tuesday as it made landfall in Cuba&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to information&comma; Ian Landfall is expected between Wednesday afternoon and early evening somewhere between Port Charlotte and Sarasota&comma; though track&comma; timing and intensity could still change&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As the Hurricane Ian moves closer to Florida’s west coast according to National Hurricane Center update in its 2 a&period;m&comma; Florida Governor&comma; Ron DeSantis &comma;has declared a state of emergency<br &sol;>&NewLine;The eye of the Category 3 storm was about 95 miles southwest of Naples&comma; Florida&comma; and was moving north-northeast at about 10 mph&comma; officials said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;On the forecast track&comma; the center of Ian is expected to approach the west coast of Florida within the hurricane warning area this morning&comma; and move onshore later today&comma;” the update said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Officials said the storm was expected to pass over central Florida on Wednesday night and Thursday morning&comma; before emerging over the Atlantic Ocean late Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The hurricane is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;expected to cause life-threatening storm surge&comma; catastrophic winds and flooding in the Florida peninsula&comma;” the update said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As a result&comma; Florida’s most populous county has halted its <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Metrobus&comma; Metrorail&comma; Metromover and Special Transportation Services<&sol;a> until further notice&comma; officials said in a news release&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Governor DeSantis has instructed Floridians to evacuate &&num;8216&semi;now&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said Hurricane Ian is fast approaching Florida&comma; and the time to leave is &&num;8220&semi;now&&num;8221&semi; if you&&num;8217&semi;re in an evacuation zone&comma; Gov&period; Ron DeSantis said late Tuesday during a press conference&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Your time to evacuate is coming to an end&period; You need to evacuate now&period; You&&num;8217&semi;re going to start feeling major impacts of this storm relatively soon&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the governor said&period; &&num;8220&semi;Now is the time to do it&comma; and now is the time to act&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As of Tuesday night&comma; about 8&comma;000 people were without power in the southern part of Florida&comma; officials said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Conditions are expected to continue to deteriorate across central and south Florida&comma; with landfall currently forecast sometime between Wednesday afternoon and early evening&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Elsewhere&comma; a tropical storm warning is now in effect along the coast of Georgia and up to Charleston&comma; S&period;C&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Meanwhile&comma; President Biden has spoken with DeSantis&comma; White House press secretary says<br &sol;>&NewLine;President Joe Biden spoke Tuesday night with Gov&period; Ron DeSantis ahead of Hurricane Ian&&num;8217&semi;s arrival &&num;8220&semi;to discuss the steps the federal government is taking to help Florida prepare&comma;&&num;8221&semi; White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;The president and the governor committed to continued close coordination&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Jean-Pierre wrote&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico&comma; to the northwest by Alabama&comma; to the north by Georgia&comma; to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean&comma; and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean&comma; spanning 65&comma;758 square miles &lpar;170&comma;310 km2&rpar;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Florida ranks 22nd in area among the 50 states&comma; and with a population of over 21 million&comma; is the third-most populous&period; The state capital is Tallahassee and the most populous city is Jacksonville&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Miami metropolitan area&comma; with a population of almost 6&period;2 million&comma; is the most populous urban area in Florida and the ninth-most populous in the United States&semi; other urban conurbations with over one million people are Tampa Bay&comma; Orlando&comma; and Jacksonville&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Various Native American groups have inhabited Florida for at least 14&comma;000 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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