Tampa Could Be a Bullseye for Hurricane Ian: Updates. The quickly intensifying hurricane could bring storm surges of up to 10 feet to the low-lying Tampa metro.
Since it formed in the central Caribbean on Friday, Hurricane Ian has quickly grown to threaten the people in its path when it makes landfall later this week in Cuba and on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Upgraded to a Category 1 storm early Monday morning, it is expected to intensify to a Category 3 with winds of over 111 miles-per-hour by the end of the day. Below is everything we know about the fourth named hurricane of the 2022 season, which was historically quiet until last week.
The National Hurricane Center forecasts that Ian will continue to grow substantially as it heads over the Gulf of Mexico toward western Cuba, where storm surges will hit the coast.
