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Sep 28, 2022, 6 tweets

#BREAKING 23 missing after Cuban migrant boat sinks during Hurricane Ian: US police

#UPDATE US Border Patrol said 23 people were missing after their boat sank off the Florida coast in inclement weather due to Hurricane Ian.

Four others on the migrant vessel were able to swim ashore near Key West, Florida.

#BREAKING 'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida: US agency

#BREAKING One million customers lose power in Florida hurricane, according to a US tracker

VIDEO: Hurricane Ian unleashes heavy rains and strong winds over Punta Gorda as the Category 4 storm makes landfall in southwest Florida

The US National Hurricane Center said Ian was packing maximum sustained winds of 150 miles (240 kilometers) per hour when it made landfall and forecast "catastrophic storm surge, winds and flooding in the Florida peninsula."

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