Hurricane Ian begins to lash Cuba with heavy winds, rain

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BATABANO (Cuba), Sept 27 — The first strong winds ahead of Hurricane Ian began to pound Cuba’s south coast late yesterday as officials rushed to evacuate residents, secure boats and batten down homes amid warnings of a life threatening storm surge.The fast-growing storm is centreed about 155 miles (250 km) southeast of Cabo San Antonio, in far western Cuba, but has jumped in intensity in recent hours with maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (155 km per hour), making it a Category 2 hurricane on a five-step scale.“Devastating wind damage is possible where the core of Ian moves across western Cuba,” the centre said.The storm is forecast to strengthen into a Category 3 or greater hurricane and barrel north to the Florida coast, where residents are stockpiling supplies and filling sandbags.Residents of Batabano on Cuba’s south coast worked with many fewer resources than …