Ian’s strength at landfall tied it for the fifth-strongest hurricane when measured by wind speed to strike the U.S. Ian weakened into a strong tropical storm by the time it made it to the Orlando area, but Central Florida still experienced hurricane-force wind gusts.
As Hurricane Ian made landfall in South Carolina on Friday afternoon, theme parks and other sites of interest to tourists worked to reopen in hard-hit Florida.
With Category 4 Hurricane Ian barrelling toward Florida on Wednesday morning, some of the state s popular theme parks. national parks, gardens, and cruise schedules have been closed or impacted.