‘No major damage’ as Port of Tampa Bay avoids direct hit from Hurricane Ian

The Port of Tampa Bay avoided a direct hit from Hurricane Ian as it made landfall on Wednesday after it hurtled across Cuba a day earlier.

The storm made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Fort Meyers, a city that is about 200 km to the south of Tampa Bay, port spokeswoman Lisa Wolf-Chason told TradeWinds on Thursday.

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“No major damage but assessments are continuing,” she said.