https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/27/hurricane-ian-is-growing-stronger-as-it-heads-toward-florida/ > Southern Florida is starting to feel its first storm impacts as Hurricane Ian marches closer to the coast, bringing rain and the threat of tornadoes across parts of Miami-Dade County, Broward County and parts of the Keys Tuesday afternoon. > Ian is growing stronger and will approach Florida Wednesday as an “extremely dangerous major hurricane,” the National Hurricane Center said. Officials in the Sunshine State are pleading with people to flee the peninsula’s west coast ahead of what could be life-threatening storm surge in the Fort Myers and Tampa areas and flooding rains.