a in exchange Tropical Storm Ian A $30 billion disaster could befall the people of Florida if it causes a landslide.
The expected track of the storm has changed slightly and could affect the population center of Tampa and the state’s sparsely populated panhandle area next Thursday.
Ian’s top winds reached 45 mph about 300 miles south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, early Saturday, according to the US National Hurricane Center.
What category is Tropical Storm Ian?
storm a. can grow in Category 3 Hurricane With gusts of 115 mph winds along the west coast of Florida through the middle of next week.
It is common for other recent storms to suggest that they will hit Tampa directly but then move into less populated areas.
“The concern now with the track is that it is a very rare track for a hurricane,” said Adam DoughtyA meteorologist at the commercial-forecaster AccuWeather Inc.
have said chuck watsonA disaster modeler with Enki Research, said that a strike on Tampa by Hurricane Ian’s intensity would inevitably flood the city and suburbs of Tampa Bay causing approximately $30 billion in damage and damage.
Will Tropical Storm Ian Hit Tampa?
There is about a 40 percent chance it will hit Tampa and a 45 percent chance that it will actually flow further north and spare the city, said Ryan TruchelutPresident of Commercial-Forecasting Weather Tiger.
Tropical Storm Ian is currently developing its center and this is what meteorologists and other scientists use to predict where the most damage will occur. Now the issue is that the center keeps on moving, it does not settle down.
“The center is jumping around,” truchelut Told. “We are in a place of maximum uncertainty; the structure of the storm itself has not yet resolved.”