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Maayan Schechter

With Category 1 hurricane bearing down on South Carolina, McMaster warns Ian will be a ‘serious storm’

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina officials stressed Thursday now is the time to finalize preparations as Ian heads toward the Palmetto State, forecast to make landfall Friday afternoon around Charleston as a Category 1 hurricane.

Ian was downgraded early Thursday to a tropical storm after hitting parts of southwest Florida.

But it regained strength to a hurricane later Thursday as it nears South Carolina with life-threatening flooding, storm surge and strong winds, the National Hurricane Center tweeted.

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