Miami Florida.- Hurricane ‘Ian’ is rapidly strengthening in the Caribbean as it approaches northwest Cuba, and cyclone threats further amplified Monday for the Florida Keys.a chain of islets off the southern tip of the United States.
The cyclone approaches Cuba with maximum sustained winds of 135 kilometers per hour (80 miles), according to the most recent bulletin from the National Hurricane Center (NHC, in English).
The office explained that Ian was about 100 miles (190 kilometers) west of Grand Cayman and about 240 miles (310 kilometers) southeast of the far west of Cuba.preparing for worsening conditions starting tonight.
Meteorologists from the agency, based in Miami, said the island will face significant winds tonight, as well as impacts from storm surge.
The NHC also expanded in its latest bulletin a tropical storm alert for various sectors of the Florida Keys and the west coast of this state in the next 48 hours.
Ian is currently a category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, out of a total of 5, but it is expected to reach force majeure when it reaches the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days.
The cyclone is moving northwest about 20 kilometers (13 miles). According to the NHC, the hurricane is expected to cause “significant wind and storm surge impacts.” in western Cuba, where it is estimated that it will arrive shortly after midnight today.
The agency maintains hurricane alerts for the next 36 hours for Grand Cayman and the Cuban provinces of Isla de Juventud, Pinar del Río and Artemisa.
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Similarly, there is a tropical storm alert for the next 36 hours for the provinces of Havana, Mayabeque and Matanzas.
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