The eye of Hurricane Idalia came ashore near Keaton Beach, FL at 7:45 AM EDT (1145 UTC) [1]. Idalia landed as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 125 mph (205 km/h), hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 25 miles (35 km) from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 175 miles (280 km). [1, 2].
Idalia reached Category 4 intensity early this morning before weakening to a Cat 3 just before landfall. [3]
- 1: Public Advisory update 745 AM EDT
- 2: Hurricane Idalia Intermediate Advisory Number 15A
- 3: Hurricane Idalia Discussion Number 16
Resources
- National Hurricane Center
- Florida Power Outages
- Georgia Power Outages
- Florida Division of Emergency Management
- Georgia Emergency Management
Live Coverage
News Coverage
- NPR: Hurricane Idalia eye comes ashore near Keaton Beach, Fla.
- CNN: Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida as a dangerous Category 3 storm, and, ‘It’s going to get a lot worse’
- CBS: Videos, photos show Hurricane Idalia damage as catastrophic storm inundates Florida: “Our entire downtown is submerged”
- SunSentinel: Hurricane Idalia makes landfall near Keaton Beach, bringing ‘catastrophic surge’ to Florida coast
- CBS: Hurricane Idalia makes landfall near Keaton Beach, Florida. Here’s what meteorologists say is next.
- Miami Herald: Idalia heads to Georgia, leaving floodwater and power outages in its Florida wake
- Reuters: Hurricane Idalia slams ashore at Florida’s Big Bend
- AP: Hurricane Idalia unleashes fury on Florida and Georgia, swamping wide stretch of coast
- Orlando Sentinel: Deadly Hurricane Idalia makes Florida landfall as ‘catastrophic’ major hurricane
Well, Florida can feel safe in knowing that their governor has prepared the state by fighting the woke ideology.