Ian's flooding rainfall, coastal inundation to spread north well beyond Florida

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AccuWeather meteorologists say impacts from powerful Hurricane Ian will last well beyond the storm's point of impact in Florida. As the calendar flips from September to October, Ian's projected path is expected to spread flooding rain and significant coastal concerns northward across the Southeast.

The latest Ian Eye Path® from AccuWeather's expert team shows the hurricane making the second landfall in its life cycle near or south of the Tampa Bay metro area late Wednesday or early Thursday.



A quick loss in wind intensity is projected as Ian slows down and encounters land after crashing ashore. Despite the fact that Ian will be downgraded on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, the storm's impacts will worsen and expand in reach, AccuWeather forecasters say.

"No matter how quickly Ian loses wind intensity after moving inland, tropical rainfall is forecast to impact more than half a dozen states into Saturday," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Courtney Travis said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/ian-s-flooding-rainfall-coastal-inundation-to-spread-north-well-beyond-florida/ar-AA12jeFd

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1. Coming towards Jacksonville

Danger of flooding is real.

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2. Very powerful storms. The water is still warm. This and Fiona - Nova Scotia.

That’s way up North to still be that strong.
So with Ian, Georgia is going to have a hurricane that comes from land. Yikes.

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3. I have a friend in GA who's quite sick right now hopefully...

her somewhat nearby friends can help her.
Hopefully they, themselves will be safe, too!

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4. They're predicting 5"-7" in my area in SC.

Along with tropical storm-force winds. I'm about 100 miles inland, but right in the projected path. We could sure use the rain, but not all at once. But, that's how it goes around here--a dry Fall, with usually one or two soakers from remnants of hurricanes.

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5. Last time a cone came through N GA like that (Irma), 5 trees came down

on our property, a bunch more blocking roads in the neighborhood , and many thousands across N GA, power out for a couple weeks. Just asked my husband if the chain saw's ready to go. At least our area's been without rain for a bit so the soil's not already saturated.