Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 on Florida’s Big Bend, bringing catastrophic storm surge and flooding. The storm is moving north through Georgia.
Idalia made landfall around 7:45 a.m. Eastern time along Florida’s Big Bend, near Keaton Beach, the Hurricane Center, citing radar data. It tied with an 1896 hurricane as the strongest on record to strike the Big Bend region.
The storm came ashore near low tide, so the surge created less flooding than it would have otherwise. As it moves inland, surrounding winds will continue to push water ashore, but it’s possible that, at least in Florida, maximum surge has already occurred. The Hurricane Center warned Florida residents to prepare for long power outages and said some locations may be uninhabitable for several weeks or months. Parts of eastern Georgia and southeastern South Carolina also could experience damaging winds.
Officials have reported at least two fatalities, both due to vehicle crashes early Wednesday in stormy conditions, in Florida’s Alachua and Pasco counties.
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