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Some Florida Gulf Coast residents who chose to ride out Hurricane Idalia at home instead of evacuating were forced to “swim out of their windows” to escape waves of water
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Some Florida Gulf Coast residents who chose to ride out Hurricane Idalia at home instead of evacuating were forced to “swim out of their windows” to escape waves of water crashing through their front doors early Wednesday morning.