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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.
The storm was bringing strong winds to Savannah, Georgia, Wednesday evening as it made its way toward the Carolinas and Charleston, S.C.
As the eye moved inland, destructive winds shredded signs, sent sheet metal flying and snapped tall trees.
After coming ashore, Idalia made landfall near Keaton Beach at 7:45 a.m. as a high-end Category 3 hurricane/
Hurricane Idalia remained an extremely dangerous Category 2 hurricane as it moved into Georgia after making landfall Wednesday morning on Florida's west coast, where it unleashed life-threatening storm surges and rainfall across an area that has never before received such pummeling.