Cuba, Cayman Islands, USA - Tropical Cyclone IAN (GDACS, NOAA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 26 September 2022)
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Tropical Storm IAN, formed over the south-eastern Caribbean Sea, is moving northwest towards Cuba. On 26 September at 6.00 UTC, its centre was located offshore approximately 185 km south-southwest of Grand Cayman Island, with maximum sustained winds of 110 km/h.
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IAN is expected to strengthen as it moves west of the Cayman Islands on 26 September, and it will make landfall over western Cuba on 26-27 September as a hurricane. After that, it will move over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and it will approach the west coast of Florida on 28 September.
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According to media reports, people living in western Cuba have been preventively evacuated and classes have been suspended.
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For the next 24 hours, heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge are forecast over Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and western Cuba.
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A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Grand Cayman and the Cuban Provinces of Isla de Juventud, Pinar del Rio, and Artemisa. Furthrmore, a Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the Cuban Provinces of La Habana, Mayabeque, and Matanzas, for the Lower Florida Keys and for Dry Tortugas.