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area Florida This week is on alert with Hurricane Italia making landfall in the US state on Wednesday (30). A “very dangerous” Category 3 storm hit Keaton Beachin the area Great curveAt 7:45 am local time, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Early Wednesday morning, the hurricane reached “very dangerous Category 4 intensity” on the level five Saffir-Simpson wind scale, the NHC said. However, upon reaching Florida, it weakened and was downgraded to Category 3 The wind is blowing at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour.
Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in 46 Florida counties, mostly in the northern part of the state.
Cover More caution is in place, and near-sea flooding is reported as Italia comes ashore. NBC. Twenty million residents could be affected, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Storm damage could extend about 200 miles along Florida’s west coast. Tampa Bay. Storm surges of 12 to 5.6 meters are possible in the Big Bend area, according to the Weather and Climate Division. NBC News.
Tampa Airport is closed
oh Tampa International Airport Closed from Tuesday (29). According to FlightAware, more than 1,000 flights to the US have been canceled or delayed.
In total, 790 flights to or from the United States were canceled and 523 were delayed, with Tampa International Airport the worst affected, the monitoring website said.
