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Idalia made landfall near Keaton Beach, Fla., as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday, gradually weakening as it ripped through the state, into Georgia and across the Carolinas.

Live pictures from indian rocks beach in florida, well south of where i am. people checking out the waves and the wind and seeing how hurricane idalia is affecting things. now, never a good idea, by the way, to go that close to the water when a hurricane is bearing down. needless to say where im standing in steinhatchee, all along the steinhatchee river, you will not be able to stand here a few hours from now. where i am will be covered in water. if the forecasts are correct the water would be w...

Residents are preparing for Hurricane Idalia's landfall along Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday as authorities urge vulnerable communities to leave.

Residents are preparing for Hurricane Idalias landfall along Floridas Gulf Coast on Wednesday as authorities urge vulnerable communities to leave.

As the one im here in crystal river, because we are in such low lying area here. i want to get to our bill weir who is in steinhatchee, florida. tell us what you are seeing there as the outer bands of the hurricane are slapping into you. >> reporter: yeah, it is just beginning here. the winds have just started to deck up. we lost power about 20 minutes ago or so. keeping an eye on this big tree behind us. the actual steinhatchee river is just behind us here. were about 28 feet above elevation. t...

Just when parts of the property-casualty industry thought it was safe to re-enter the Florida market, Hurricane Idalia made landfall closer to the

Officials and residents said the rural Big Bend region was wholly unprepared for the Category 3 storm.

 

As of Wednesday morning, nearly 250,000 homes and businesses are out of power in Florida.

(CNN) — Hurricane Idalia is now thrashing much of northern Florida and south Georgia, whipping winds up to 90 mph, dumping heavy rain and hurling seawater into flooded cities as