Fallen electricity lines, metal and tree branches litter a street after Hurricane Ian hit Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022 Fallen electricity lines, metal and tree branches litter a street after Hurricane Ian hit Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. (Credit: Ramon Espinosa/AP)

Hurricane Ian strengthened to a Category 4 storm in the early morning of September 27, 2002, as it makes its way toward Florida. A day earlier the hurricane made landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm.

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Brittney Meredith-Miller is assistant editor of PropertyCasualty360.com. She can be reached at [email protected].

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