伊恩飓风更新:强化风暴,预计将于周三接近佛罗里达
byDaniel McCarthy/菲奥娜飓风上周在加勒比海地区涌现之后,带来了强风和洪水泛滥到波多黎各,土耳其人和凯科斯(Caicos)等,另一个重大风暴正在本周向北穿过同一地区。
伊恩(Ian)是2022年飓风季节的第二大风暴,预计将在周一某个时候加强并成为飓风。
As of 5 a.m. on Monday morning, the storm was about 90 miles southwest of Grand Cayman and about 315 miles southeast of the western tip of Cuba. It was bringing with it maximum winds of up to 75 mph.
Currently, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has a Hurricane Watch in effect from the west coast of Florida, from north of Englewood to the Anclote River, including Tampa Bay, meaning “hurricane conditions are possible” within 48 hours.
The NHC also has a Hurricane Warning in effect for Grand Cayman and some Cuban provinces and a Tropical Storm Warning for the Lower Florida Keys from Seven Mile Bridge westward to Key West.
The storm is moving toward the northwest at 14 mph and the NHC expects it to turn toward the north today before marching towards Florida, passing near or west of the Cayman Islands on Monday and then near or over western Cuba Monday night or early Tuesday morning.
Ian is then expected to pass west of Florida Keys late Tuesday and approach the west coast of Florida on Wednesday. After some “rapid strengthening,” it could arrive as a major hurricane and bring with it winds of up to 75 mph and rainfall of up to 10 inches in some parts of Florida.
佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯(Ron DeSantis)周六宣布全佛罗里达州的紧急状态,以准备本周伊恩(Ian)到达,鼓励所有居民在其抵达之前做准备。
航空公司的豁免
Due to Ian’s expected arrival, several airlines have proactively issued travel waivers for those that could be impacted for both Florida and other Caribbean airports.
美国Airlines has issued its own flight waiver for travel through Oct. 1 for Daytona Beach, Destin, Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Gainesville, Grand Cayman, Havana, Jacksonville, Key West, Kingston, Melbourne, Miami, Montego Bay, Orlando, Panama City, Pensacola, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa, and West Palm Beach. Travel must be rebooked by Oct. 1.
Delta Air Lines has issued a travel waiver, effective Sept. 25 through Sept. 30, for Daytona Beach, Panama City, Key West, Ft. Lauderdale, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Orlando, Miami, Melbourne, West Palm Beach, Pensacola, Ft. Myers, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa, and Ft. Walton Beach.Travel must be rebooked by Oct. 3 for fare differences to be waived.
JetBlue has issued a flight waiver for its guests who are booked to travel through Sept. 30 from Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tampa, and West Palm Beach. Travel can be rebooked through Oct. 3.
Southwest Airlines has issued its own flight waiver for travel through Sept. 30 for Northwest Florida Beaches Airport, Ft. Lauderdale, Havana, Jacksonville, Orlando, Miami, Palm Beach, Pensacola, Southwest Florida, Sarasota, Tampa, and Destin-Ft. Walton.
United Airlines is allowing rebooking for tickets on flights from Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Jacksonville, Key West, Miami, Orlando, Panama City, Pensacola, Sarasota, Tampa, and West Palm Beach through Oct. 8.