{"id":1660448,"date":"2022-09-27T12:25:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T16:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1660448"},"modified":"2022-09-27T12:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T16:26:07","slug":"officials-issue-mandatory-evacuation-orders-ahead-of-hurricane-ian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-issue-mandatory-evacuation-orders-ahead-of-hurricane-ian\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials Issue Mandatory Evacuation Orders Ahead of Hurricane Ian"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fofficials-issue-mandatory-evacuation-orders-ahead-of-hurricane-ian%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1660448&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-hurricane-ian\">Hurricane Ian<\/a> is now a major Category 3 hurricane as it lashes the western portion of Cuba, although the storm is still forecast to strengthen further before hitting western <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-florida\">Florida<\/a> as officials have implemented mandatory evacuation orders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a much different storm. [Hurricane] Charley was a lot smaller, it was powerful, it was a Category 4. Most of the damage from Charley was from wind and wind destruction,\u201d DeSantis said on Tuesday morning, referring to a 2004 Category 4 storm that hit western Florida\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane warnings are in effect for\u00a0Bonita Beach to the Anclote River, including Tampa Bay, in Florida, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>With Ian, \u201cwhat we have here is really historic storm surge and flooding potential,\u201d the governor added. \u201cIf you\u2019re looking at those places in Fort Myers, Charlotte County, Sarasota\u2014the storm surge that you\u2019re going to see generated from this is going to far eclipse what we saw\u201d in 2004, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/hurricane-ian-updates-today-09-27-22\/index.html\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Ian\u2019s sustained winds intensified to about 125 mph on Tuesday morning as it made landfall in western Cuba, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/text\/refresh\/MIATCPAT4+shtml\/271156.shtml\">according<\/a> to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s expected to hit near the Tampa area around 2 a.m. on Thursday morning, NHC modeling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/refresh\/graphics_at4+shtml\/100939.shtml?cone#contents\">shows<\/a>. When it makes landfall, Ian will be at least a Category 3 with 111 mph winds at the minimum, according to the model.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know there\u2019s folks in southwest Florida who remember Hurricane Charley was projected to make a direct impact into Tampa Bay, and then it turned and went into southwest Florida. I would just say the track may end up doing something similar, but this is a much different storm,\u201d DeSantis also said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4757481\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/27\/NASA-shows-Hurricane-Ian--1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4757481\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/27\/NASA-shows-Hurricane-Ian--600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Hurricane Ian\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> A satellite image shows Hurricane Ian growing stronger as it barreled toward Cuba on Sept. 26, 2022. (NASA Worldview\/Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)<\/figure>\n<p>The governor and other Florida officials warned that people around Tampa should heed evacuation orders due to the significant flooding that Ian is expected to bring. Storm surge of between 5 to 10 feet is anticipated for Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/text\/refresh\/MIATCPAT4+shtml\/271156.shtml\">said<\/a> the NHC in its update Tuesday. Five to 8 feet of storm surge is also expected between the\u00a0Suwannee River to Anclote River areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a danger of life-threatening storm surge along much of the Florida west coast where a storm surge warning has been issued, with the highest risk from Fort Myers to the Tampa Bay region,\u201d the NHC warned.<\/p>\n<h2>Evacuations<\/h2>\n<p>Evacuation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/florida-evacuation-zone\">orders<\/a> have already been issued for areas along the western Florida coastline.\u00a0Mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders are in effect in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Charlotte, Collier, Hernando, Sarasota, Pasco, and Manatee counties.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/arcg.is\/14u0ma\">created an interactive map<\/a> to show locals if their county or locality is under an evacuation order ahead of Ian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect to have to evacuate 300,000 people, and that will take some time,\u201d Hillsborough County Administrator Bonnie Wise told reporters. \u201cThat\u2019s why we are starting today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a worst-case scenario with a very strong, slow-moving storm just to the west of us,\u201d noted Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes, as reported by Fox Weather.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning,\u00a0Lee County\u2019s top official issued a mandatory evacuation order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe evacuation this morning is a mandatory evacuation order, and that is as mandatory as can be,\u201d Lee County Manager Roger Desjarlais said in a press conference on Tuesday. \u201cWe will not be going house to house enforcing people to leave, but we are stressing the importance of people getting out of harm\u2019s way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Ian is forecast to intensify to a Category 4 storm with winds of around 140 mph by Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/text\/refresh\/MIATCDAT4+shtml\/270858.shtml\">according<\/a> to the agency in a forecast discussion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-jack-phillips\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/06\/13\/Jack-Phillips.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Phillips\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Breaking News Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter at The Epoch Times based in New York.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Ian is now a major Category 3 hurricane as it lashes the western portion of Cuba, although the storm is still forecast to strengthen further before hitting western Florida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1660450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1660448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1660448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1660450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1660448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1660448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1660448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}