Hurricane Idalia strikes Florida's most vulnerable coast
Officials and residents said the rural Big Bend region was wholly unprepared for the Category 3 storm.
Source: grist.org
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Officials and residents said the rural Big Bend region was wholly unprepared for the Category 3 storm.
Hurricane Idalia is expected to make landfall very soon northwest of Steinhatchee in Florida's western Big Bend region, with extreme wind warnings in place for destructive tornado-like winds.
Idalia was driving an intense storm surge and flooding for hundreds of miles after its Florida landfall as it roared across Georgia.
Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 Major Hurricane with sustained winds of 125 MPH near Keaton Beach, Florida at 7:45 EDT.