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Sep 28 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
🔴 Hurricane Ian – live coverage: Eyewall comes onshore in Florida as warnings of ‘unsurvivable’ surge in places
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The eyewall of Hurricane Ian barrelled onshore in Florida at 11am on Wednesday as forecasters warned that some places on the west coast could see “unsurviveable” storm surge.
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Destructive waves are expected along the southwest coast from Englewood to Bonita Beach including Charlotte Harbor, near the town of Punta Gorda, north of Fort Myers.
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Peak storm surge forecasts were increased on Wednesday with up to 18 feet projected along an 80-mile stretch from Englewood to Bonita.
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Eight million people were in the bullseye of Hurricane Ian as the storm strengthened to just shy of a monstrous Category 5 status on Wednesday morning amid imminent landfall.
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Anger as swimmers spotted in dangerously high waves caused by #Hurricane Ian: ‘Do not do this’ independent.co.uk/climate-change…

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