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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
Hurricane Idalia tore into Florida at the speed of a fast-moving train Wednesday, splitting trees in half, ripping roofs off hotels, and turning small cars into boats before...
Idalia was downgraded to a tropical storm on Wednesday at 5pm ET, but still packing 70mph winds as it passed through Georgia and South Carolina. Almost 500,000 were without power.
By Christina Maxouris, Holly Yan and Nouran Salahieh, CNN
Some communities across Florida’s west coast battered by Idalia’s deluge and ferocious winds endured a “life-changing event,” an official says, after the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Big Bend region in at least 125 years delivered record water levels, damaging thousands of homes in its path.