Live updates on Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall in Florida on Wednesday morning as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 storm.
Idalia made landfall just before 8 a.m. in Florida’s Big Bend region.
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Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 storm.
Idalia is the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Big Bend region since 1896.
The storm, now a Category 1 hurricane, is moving into Georgia and the Carolinas Wednesday afternoon.
More than 270,000 customers are without power in Florida and another 114,000 customers are in the dark in Georgia as Hurricane Idalia barrels through.
Despite reports of fatalities from Hurricane Idalia — including at least one death in Pasco County confirmed by the Florida Highway Patrol — Florida Gov.
