Hurricane Ian tracker

According to forecasts, Hurricane Ian is approaching Cuba as it prepares to make landfall in Florida.

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The National Hurricane Center said on Monday that Hurricane Ian is expected to deliver a dangerous storm surge and gusts as high as 140 mph

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when it approaches Florida's Gulf Coast in the middle of this week.

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At 2 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Ian had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph

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and was swiftly strengthening into a major storm as it approached the western coast of Cuba,

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according to forecasts. Numerous shelters were erected by authorities in the Pinar del Rio province of Cuba,

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And precautions were taken to save crops in Cuba's primary tobacco-growing region

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The west coast of the island could see storm surge of up to 14 feet,

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