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The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch for the Tampa Bay area on Monday morning.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/6E3XP73APZDI3A33FYMXWI6C6Y.PNG "Hurricane Ian threatens to bring dangerous winds and storm surge to the Tampa Bay area, which was placed under a hurricane watch on Monday morning.")
The National Hurricane Center expects Ian will be a major hurricane by the end of the day Monday.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/UAI3F4HMHRAW5BEZ5NMKKDG24A.jpg "Flooding is seen at Tampa General Hospital as Tropical Storm Eta sends torrential downpours, storm surge flooding and wind across the Tampa Bay Area on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020.")
Florida’s west coast is uniquely vulnerable to storm surge.
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Pasco and Pinellas public schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Hillsborough schools will be closed Monday through Thursday.
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Use this tool to compare risk from hurricanes with FEMA flood zones and more.
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/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/U2TYI444TBAUXHMDZIRHM2IMZE.JPG "Some Tampa Bay area governments are opening sandbag locations as Tropical Storm Ian sets its sights on the Gulf of Mexico and a potential landfall in Florida. The sandbags in this photo were made available for Tropical Storm Elsa last year.")
Tampa Bay area governments have opened or plan to open sites where people can get sandbags to help prepare for Ian.
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The death of a 22-year-old woman following her arrest in Tehran has ignited what some Iranians hope will be a revolution.
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