The Latest Breaking News from Ron DeSantis

Local faith leaders demand now-former county commissioner come forward to address allegations

More than 2.5 million people in Florida were under mandatory evacuation orders on Wednesday

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday morning said it is no longer safe for people to evacuate Floridians’ southwest coast and urged them to “hunker down” as Hurricane Ian could make landfall as a powerful Category 5 storm this afternoon.

One of the most powerful storms to hit the US in years makes landfall in heavily-populated Gulf Coast region.

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Hurricane Ian plowed into Florida's Gulf Coast with catastrophic force on Wednesday, unleashing howling winds, torrential rains and a treacherous surge of ocean surf that made it one of the most powerful U.S. storms in recent years.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s public slugfests with the governors of Texas and Florida over immigration and abortion is generating important national attention. But perhaps even more importantly — assuming he has further political aspirations — his more aggressive demeanor is endearing him to influential Democratic insiders.

Hurricane Ian battered Cuba on Tuesday and left the entire Caribbean island nation without power, but is now expected to crash ashore into Florida on Wednesday evening as a potentially deadly Category 4 hurricane