What was at first was a Category 3 storm has escalated into Category 4. Hurricane Ian struck the Island of Cuba on Tuesday, Sept. 27. According to CNN, the forecast for Ian was around 16 inches of Rain. However, the storm hit stronger than expected with winds over 129 miles per hour and leaving the whole island without electrical power and “nothing but destruction,” said Guad Vanegas, NBC reporter. Ian left an average of 30,000 damaged homes and approximately 1,959 people with nowhere to go, according to numbers giving by Yamile Ramos Cordero, President of the interim defense council of Cuba.