Gov. Ron DeSantis warns Floridians to be prepared for a "major water event" including heavy rain, flooding from Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian’s forecast track shifted again to the southeast late Tuesday, increasing the danger to Florida’s southern Gulf coast as South Florida prepared for squally, rainy weather.

The storm’s top wind speed held at 120 mph but was expected to rise to 130 mph, the threshold for Category 4 strength, by the time the hurricane approaches landfall Wednesday afternoon somewhere on the Gulf coast. Earlier forecasts predicted the storm would weaken before hitting the coast, but the newer track predicts it will make landfall at the peak of its power.

The National Hurricane Center’s 8 p.m. update said Ian will reach Florida’s west coast as “an extremely dangerous major hurricane” as it re-strengthens over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.

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