Ian upgraded back to hurricane status

Misty Severi

September 29, 06:01 PM September 29, 06:01 PM

Ian was upgraded back again to a hurricane Thursday afternoon and is heading towards Ga and the Carolinas soon after getting downgraded to a tropical storm Thursday morning.

The hurricane will strike the 3 japanese states with "life-threatening flooding, storm surge and solid winds," the Countrywide Hurricane Center warned in its 5 p.m. alert.

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“Ian could a little bit reinforce in advance of landfall tomorrow, and is forecast to fast weaken above the southeastern United States late Friday into Saturday," the hurricane center said.

Hurricane warnings have been posted for all of South Carolina's coast, elements of North Carolina, and Florida. Storm surge warnings are also in influence for parts of North Carolina and Georgia.

The hurricane 1st made landfall in the United States on Wednesday, hitting the coast of Florida as a Classification 4 hurricane with winds as substantial as 150 mph. It was downgraded numerous moments, inevitably achieving tropical storm status despite its devastating results.

Citizens across Florida were below evacuation orders Wednesday and Thursday, while a lot of orders have been lifted as the storm moves absent from the point out.

“This could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida’s record," President Joe Biden explained at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters Thursday. "The quantities are still unclear, but we’re listening to early studies of what could be considerable decline of lifetime.”

Extra than 2.5 million folks were being without the need of energy as of Thursday morning, with some places alongside Florida’s Gulf Coastline going totally darkish. Metropolitan areas this sort of as Orlando and other people in central Florida gained flash flood warnings early Thursday morning as perfectly, with the hurricane centre warning of “life-threatening” disorders.