The U.S. federal emergency agency warned Florida residents not to be complacent about Hurricane Ian, while President Joe Biden has called mayors in three Florida cities in the storm's path to offer support.
It has been over 100 years since Tampa, where Ian is forecast to make landfall, has taken a direct hit from a hurricane.
“Floridians are going to experience the impacts from this storm for a very long time,” she said, because the storm is expected to slow to 5 miles per hour as it hits land. Storm surges could reach 10 feet , she said, and some isolated parts of Florida could see 25 inches of rain."I do have concerns about complacency," Criswell said. "We’re talking about impacts in a part of Florida that hasn’t seen a major direct impact in nearly 100 years.
The U.S. government has in place 128,000 gallons of fuel, 300 Army Corp of Engineer personnel, 3.7 million meals and over 3 million gallons of water, 29 Red Cross shelters, 200 ambulances and four medical teams, Criswell said.
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