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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Hurricane Ian made landfall on the southwest coast of Florida Wednesday afternoon as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, with sustained winds as high as 150 miles per hour, heavy rains and storm surges as high as 16 feet in some areas, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Landfall occurred near Cayo Costa around 2:05 p.m. Central time. Ian could maintain hurricane strength for several hours as it crosses Florida. Catastrophic wind damage was likely where the core of Ian moved onshore, the NHC said. Hurricane-force winds extended out 40 miles and tropical-storm-force winds out 175 miles.
Click on the image at right for an IIR Disaster Impact Tracker map showing the projected path of Hurricane Ian.
A hurricane warning was issued from Sebastian Inlet, Florida, northward to the Flagler/Volusia county line in the state. The storm was expected to move over central Florida Wednesday night and Thursday morning and emerge over the western Atlantic by late Thursday. Ian was forecast to turn northward on Friday and approach the northeastern Florida, Georgia and South Carolina coasts late Friday.
Storm surges along Florida's Gulf Coast were predicted to be two to 16 feet, depending on the area. The deepest water occurred along the immediate coast near and to the right of the center, where the surge will be accompanied by large waves, the NHC said.
More than 810,000 Florida power customers were without electricity by Wednesday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis urged those residents in the counties where Ian made landfall to hunker down as it was no longer possible to safely evacuate. DeSantis said he requested that President Joe Biden make a major disaster declaration for all 67 counties in the state.
Industrial Info is tracking a large number of plants across the state that were either shutting down or have shut down in advance of the storm. Shutdown examples are below:
In Cuba, authorities were working to restore power, which was knocked across the entire island on Tuesday, leaving more than 1 million people without electricity. An overload in some of the most critical interconnection points in the grid had forced a general shutdown of all the plants on the island. The Pinar del Rio Province was hit particularly hard by the hurricane. Grupo Industrial Acinox was forced to shut down its San Jose Marti Steel Mill, located at La Habana, Cuba, due to the power blackout. The plant's restart is expected by September 30. Several food and beverage facilities also were reported offline as a result of the power outages.
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Landfall occurred near Cayo Costa around 2:05 p.m. Central time. Ian could maintain hurricane strength for several hours as it crosses Florida. Catastrophic wind damage was likely where the core of Ian moved onshore, the NHC said. Hurricane-force winds extended out 40 miles and tropical-storm-force winds out 175 miles.
A hurricane warning was issued from Sebastian Inlet, Florida, northward to the Flagler/Volusia county line in the state. The storm was expected to move over central Florida Wednesday night and Thursday morning and emerge over the western Atlantic by late Thursday. Ian was forecast to turn northward on Friday and approach the northeastern Florida, Georgia and South Carolina coasts late Friday.
Storm surges along Florida's Gulf Coast were predicted to be two to 16 feet, depending on the area. The deepest water occurred along the immediate coast near and to the right of the center, where the surge will be accompanied by large waves, the NHC said.
More than 810,000 Florida power customers were without electricity by Wednesday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis urged those residents in the counties where Ian made landfall to hunker down as it was no longer possible to safely evacuate. DeSantis said he requested that President Joe Biden make a major disaster declaration for all 67 counties in the state.
Industrial Info is tracking a large number of plants across the state that were either shutting down or have shut down in advance of the storm. Shutdown examples are below:
- Nucor Corporation's (NYSE:NUE) (Charlotte, North Carolina) Frostproof Steel Rebar Micro Mill in Frostproof, Florida, was believed to be closed for the remainder of the week.
- Personnel at The Mosaic Company's (NYSE:MOS) (Tampa, Florida) South Fort Meade Phosphate Mine in Florida were told to leave early, with closure set until the storm passes through.
- The site of Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated's (NYSE:APD) (Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania) Palmetto, Florida, site is in a mandatory evacuation zone.
- The Chemours Company's (NYSE:CC) (Wilmington, Delaware), Starke Trail Ridge Titanium Sand Mining Operation in Starke was likely to be closed Wednesday.
- Duke Energy Corporation's (NYSE:DUK) (Charlotte, North Carolina) 1,421-megawatt, natural gas-fired Paul L. Bartow Power Plant, located on Weedon Island, St. Petersburg, was taken offline as a result of the hurricane.
In Cuba, authorities were working to restore power, which was knocked across the entire island on Tuesday, leaving more than 1 million people without electricity. An overload in some of the most critical interconnection points in the grid had forced a general shutdown of all the plants on the island. The Pinar del Rio Province was hit particularly hard by the hurricane. Grupo Industrial Acinox was forced to shut down its San Jose Marti Steel Mill, located at La Habana, Cuba, due to the power blackout. The plant's restart is expected by September 30. Several food and beverage facilities also were reported offline as a result of the power outages.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) plant database can click here for the profiles of all plants mentioned in this article.
Visit Industrial Info's Disaster Impact Tracker often for updates on this and other active storms globally that could impact industrial assets. Click here for more information.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
