People in some areas have been buying up water, generators and wood to board up windows. NASA has also had to delay another attempt at launching its Artemis moon rocket.
A state of emergency has been declared in Florida as Tropical Storm Ian heads towards the US coast and is forecast to become a major hurricane.
Governor Ron DeSantis expanded a previous warning on Saturday to cover the whole state and urged people to prepare for landfall."This storm has the potential to strengthen into a major hurricane and we encourage all Floridians to make their preparations," said the governor. "We are coordinating with all state and local government partners to track potential impacts of this storm."
The approaching storm has also postponed another planned attempt on Tuesday to launch NASA's Artemis moon mission from Kennedy Space Center. NASA executive Jim Free tweeted that a decision was imminent on whether to"roll back" the rocket back from the launch pad to its assembly building
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