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Governor DeSantis this evening returned to the State Emergency Operations Center

The National Hurricane Center has issued alerts for Florida counties ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Idalia. The cyclone is expected to intensify into a hurricane and is forecasted to strengthen into a major hurricane before making landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

As Tropical Storm Idalia keeps barreling north, hurricane veterans are hoping the storm will spare their sleepy west coast towns.

Hurricane Idalia: Army Of First Responders Stands By To Help Residents - Tampa, FL - Gov. Ron DeSantis said an army of responders including utility crews, the National Guard, highway patrol and more are ready to help.

Hurricane Idalia is forecast to “rapidly intensify” ahead of a projected landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday as a major Category 3 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Life-threatening storm surge and winds are “becoming increasingly likely” for parts of the state, the National Hurricane Center said. Evacuation orders and school closures were already in effect ...

Wind, rain from Hurricane Idalia expected to move into Treasure Coast Tuesday night, as the storm continues its northward trek in the Gulf of Mexico.

After being held in limbo – meandering for days in the northwestern Caribbean – Idalia, now a strengthening hurricane, is making a beeline for Florida’s Big Bend, with devastating impacts forecast as it comes ashore as a major hurricane tomorrow.

Tolls will be waived for seven days in Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Pasco, Pinellas, Sumter counties, and parts of Orange County.

THOMASVILLE- The Thomas County Emergency Management Services continued to provide updates to local officials on Tuesday morning in regard to Hurricane Idalia, which is now being considered a possible low

By Nouran Salahieh, Joe Sutton, Rachel Ramirez and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN