Live updates: Hurricane Idalia expected to make landfall as a Category 4 storm
Idalia is forecast to become an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane as it bears down on Florida's west coast. Follow here for live updates.
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Idalia is forecast to become an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane as it bears down on Florida's west coast. Follow here for live updates.
As of 5 p.m. Aug. 29, 2023, Hurricane Idalia has strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph.
Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region near Keaton Beach at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
One property in Keaton Beach was left looking like a doll's house with the walls partially ripped down with furniture surviving the worst of the winds.
Hurricane Idalia pummeled Florida Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 hurricane, causing dangerous storm surger, flooding, and damage throughout Central Florida, Tampa, and Cedar Keys. Videos of Idalia's damage.