Governor of Florida asks the population to pray before the “catastrophic” passage of Hurricane Ian this afternoon through the state; 5,000 National Guard members were activated

MIAMI – Ian heads towards the west coast of Florida with winds of 155 miles per hour (250 km/h), where it is expected to make landfall this Wednesday and produce catastrophic effects, while the authorities ask the population of that area to protect themselves and “pray”.

“It is time to roll up our sleeves to prepare for this storm. This is a powerful storm that should be treated as you would if a tornado were to approach your home,” said state governor Ron DeSantis, who warned that at that time it is no longer possible to “evacuate safely” and asked for prayers for those who have opted not to leave their homes.

“Ian will cause catastrophic storm surges, winds and flooding in the Florida peninsula soon,” warned the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in its bulletin of the 11 in the morning (15.00 GMT)

At that time, Ian was about 50 miles (80 km) south-southwest of Punta Gorda, in southwestern Florida and in the trajectory graph, the impact zone is located further north, in Tampa Bay, an area where tropical storm force winds are already recorded and It has been No power outages occurred.

Some 193,1200 residents are already without electricity service

According to the specialized website poweroutage.us, until noon today a total of 157,677 Florida customers are without power supply, more than million tracked in this state.

The directors of the electric company FPL indicated this Wednesday that more than 24,11 workers to proceed with power restoration once conditions allow, and many of those workers come from out of state.

5,000 members of the Guardi The Florida National will help in the rescue efforts

DeSantis announced that there are about 5, 000 members of the Florida National Guard for the same purposes.

“This is going to be one of those historic hurricanes”, the “impact is going to be enormous”, warned the governor at a press conference prior to the arrival of the center of the hurricane in Florida, and in which he recalled other cyclones that in recent years have reached this southern state and left deaths in its path.

DeSantis asked the population to be cautious once the hurricane has passed, given that new risks appear afterwards, including those associated with loose power lines, which are fatal.

Ian, who travels at 9 miles per hour (11 km/h) with north-northeast direction, presents maximum sustained winds gone that almost equates it to a category five hurricane, starting from 193 miles per hour (675 km/h) and is the maximum on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

Ian has already felt its strong winds and heavy rains, which have produced flash floods, in parts of Florida,

In the Florida Keys, which felt the effects of Ian before the rest of the state due to its proximity to Cuba, floods were recorded due to rising sea levels and rains in places like Key West, a tourist island city, in whose historic center water ran through the streets this morning, according to images from TV.

In southeast Florida, which has avoided the worst of Ian by staying out of the trajectory cone However, tornadoes have been recorded and its authorities have asked thepeople remain vigilant.

The mayor of Miami-Dade County, which like neighboring Broward today and tomorrow has its schools closed, said that although “limited damage” has been reported so far, she asked the population to be cautious in view of the fact that during the day winds with tropical storm force and up to eight inches (more than 200 milliliters) of rain.

Tampa Bay on alert

The dangerous storm surge that Ian will produce in its path can raise the sea level up to a maximum of 00 feet (4.8 meters) in some portion of the west coast of Florida.

The NHC bulletin includes a long list of hurricane, storm surge and tropical storm warnings and advisories covering much of Florida , including the east coast, and also some sectors of the Bahama Islands.

The area with more serious warnings includes Dry Tortugas Key, in the western Florida Keys and without permanent population, an area on the east coast, between Flager and Volusia counties, and an area on the west coast, which goes from Chokoloskee to the Anclote River and includes Tampa Bay.

That is where Ian is expected to make landfall later today with “catastrophic” category four winds, according to the NHC.

Early Wednesday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol closed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge across Tampa Bay in both directions after winds associated with Hurricane Ian reached as high as 50 miles per hour in that area.

The bridge will remain closed until the storm passes and they decrease inclement weather, according to the press release.

“I would say I’m a little caught off guard,” Kenny Pa confessed to the local newspaper Tampa Bay Times lin, owner of Solorzano’s Pizzeria, in Sarasota and Longboat Key, while Tuesday afternoon he was transporting the last pepperoni and sausages from his place located on this island facing the Gulf of Mexico. A three-hour queue to collect sandbags forced this trader to collect his own sand from the beach.

“This hurricane is something serious,” Erik Arroyo, mayor of Sarasota, warned CNN en Español. , a city south of Tampa and preparing for the worst of Ian, which will be the first hurricane to directly impact Tampa Bay, where more than 3.1 million people live.

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