Hurricane #Ian continues to grow and forecasters say another 858 km. The distance between La Habana, Cuba to Havana, Florida.
Havana is a small town located nearby the State Capital in Tallahassee in Gadsden County, #USA named after my hometown, The Cuban capital about 530 miles to the south.
La Habana Province, formerly known as Ciudad de La Habana Province, is a province of Cuba that includes the territory of the city of Havana, the Republic's capital. Between 1878 and 2010, the name referred to another province that covered a much larger area, which in 2010 was subdivided into the present-day provinces of Artemisa and Mayabeque. The province's territory is the seat of the superior organs of the state and its provincial administration.
The storm appears poised to cut a swath across the tobacco-growing province of Pinar del Rio, a more lightly populated island area dedicated primarily to farming and fishing.
Cuban officials said they would evacuate 24,000 people from the province ahead of the hurricane.
Officials said that fertilizer, charcoal, and farm animals had been moved to secure locations, and infrastructure for the tobacco industry was protected.
Forecasters said that once Ian left western Cuba, the storm could land north of Tampa Bay early on Friday or turn northwest toward Florida's Panhandle.