The Miami-based National Hurricane Center says the extremely dangerous hurricane named Ian is gaining strength as it moves close to the southeastern U.S. state of Florida.    Forecasters say Ian is off Florida’s Gulf of Mexico coast with maximum sustained winds of 250 kilometers an hour, near the threshold of becoming a Category 5 storm on the...

Hurricane Ian is expected to cause life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds and flooding in the Florida Peninsula. Latest updates.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Three Sunshine State universities took steps Tuesday to salvage home football games as Hurricane Ian approached. Florida moved its game against Eastern Washington from Saturday to Sunday. Central Florida did the same with its game against SMU. South Florida relocated its Saturday game against East Carolina from Tampa,...

Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall in Florida today bringing "catastrophic" winds and flooding to central Florida before driving north into the southeastern United States, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Ian was expected to cause life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds and flooding in Florida. Recap of the news from Sept. 27.

Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified as it neared landfall along Florida's southwest coast Wednesday morning, gaining top winds of 155 mph, just shy of the most dangerous Category 5 status.

More than 2 million residents in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida have been ordered to evacuate their homes as Hurricane Ian makes its slow but steady approach towards the state’s western Gulf Coast region. Forecasters at the Miami-based National Hurricane Center say Ian is moving across the Gulf of Mexico carrying maximum sustained winds...

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Ian strengthened into a powerful Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday morning, hours before it was expected to make landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Landfall is expected between afternoon and early evening in the area near Port Charlotte and Sarasota, though the hurricane’s track, timing and intensity may...

"In some areas, there will be catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge,"  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned Tuesday. Latest updates.