After meandering across the Caribbean Sea Category One Hurricane Ian veered dangerously close to the Cayman Islands in the early hours of Monday.
An All Clear has not yet been issued for the Cayman Islands; residents urged to remain sheltered
As of 4AM, Hurricane Ian was located at 18.2N and 82.0W of about 85 miles SW of Grand Cayman with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph
Grand Cayman remains under a Hurricane Warning, while Cayman Brac and Little Cayman remain under a Tropical Storm Watch. With Tropical Storm Ian closer to Grand Cayman, tropical storm conditions are forecasted throughout Sunday night into Monday.
THE CAYMAN ISLANDS GOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR GRAND CAYMAN AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR CAYMAN BRAC AND
LITTLE CAYMAN.
The Cayman Islands remains under a Hurricane Warning today Sunday 25 September, as weather conditions are expected to begin deteriorating within the next 24 hours
The public is being advised that as of 1pm 24 September, Grand Cayman is under a Hurricane Warning.
The Cayman Islands remains under Hurricane Watch, as Tropical Storm Ian continues to move through the Caribbean Sea.
Tropical Storm Ian has developed in the Caribbean Sea and may become a serious hurricane threat for the northwestern Caribbean and Southeast U.S. next week, including Florida.
At 4pm the centre of Tropical Depression 9 was located near latitude 14.7 ° north and longitude 71.3° west. This puts it at 737 miles SE of the Cayman Islands.
The system is moving west northwest at near 15 miles per hour, with maximum sustained winds near 35 miles per hour.