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After Hurricane: 5,500 Fla. National Guardsmen & Rescue Crews In Search-And-Recovery Mode

Homes and vehicles submerged and streets turned into rivers.

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Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday blasting Florida with winds near 125 miles an hour and a wall of water that caused heavy flooding. Thousands chose to get out of harm's way, while others hunkered down for the first major storm to strike the state this year. So far, officials reported two rain-related traffic deaths. Geoff Bennett reports.

The aftermath of Hurricane Idalia in Florida, see damage in Big Bend area, Keaton Beach. Plus latest track.

As the eye moved inland, destructive winds shredded signs, sent sheet metal flying and snapped tall trees.

As the eye moved inland, destructive winds shredded signs, sent sheet metal flying and snapped tall trees.

Idalia became the first major hurricane to enter Apalachee Bay since modern record-keeping started in 1851.

CEDAR KEY, Fla. — Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and

Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday in Florida as a Category 3 storm and unleashed devastation along a wide stretch of the Gulf Coast, submerging homes and vehicles, turning streets into rivers, unmooring small boats and downing power lines in an area that has never before received such a pummeling.