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MIAMI — Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend early Wednesday morning as a Category 3 hurricane, pushing a wall of destructive water into coastal communities, shutting down part
The unprecedented storm made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm.
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.
The largest remaining power outage in Polk County by 11 a.m. was in the Duke Energy area, affecting more than 300 from Lake Hamilton to Lake Wales.
It is the first storm to hit Florida this hurricane season and a potentially big blow to the state, which is also still recovering from Ian.