STUNNING VIDEO: Satellite captures Hurricane Ian as it makes landfall in Florida Category 4 hurricane made landfall near Fort Myers
Using a satellite, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration captured stunning video of Hurricane Ian as it made landfall on Florida’s west coast.
Hurricane Ian made landfall at 3:05 p.m. near Cayo Costa, Florida, with maximum sustained winds at 150 mph.
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NOAA shared the video from its GOESEast satellite on Wednesday.
Damaging winds and rain lashed the state, and forecasters said the heavily populated Fort Myers area could be inundated by a storm surge of up to 18 feet (5.5 meters).
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