Fla., Tallahassee, Sept. 25: Governor Ron DeSantis expanded a previous warning on Saturday to cover the whole state and urged people to prepare for landfall.

It activates the state's national guard and frees up emergency funding.

"This storm has the potential to strengthen into a major hurricane and we encourage all Floridians to make their preparations," said the governor.

"We are coordinating with all state and local government partners to track potential impacts of this storm."

The approaching storm has also postponed another planned attempt on Tuesday to launch NASA's Artemis moon mission from Kennedy Space Center.-Agencies

NASA executive Jim Free tweeted that a decision was imminent on whether to "roll back" the rocket back from the launch pad to its assembly building.-Agencies