More than half a million utility customers lost power during the storm, which crashed ashore around 7:45 a.m. EST Wednesday in Taylor County’s Keaton Beach area.
Recovery efforts, including restoring power and searching damaged properties, began Wednesday after Hurricane Idalia made landfall in a sparsely populated area.
Hurricane Idalia formed in the Gulf of Mexico early Tuesday morning and is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane – potentially a Category 3 hurricane – before making landfall in Florida.
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