AceBreakingNews – Hurricane Idalia has made landfall on Florida’s west coast as a dangerous category three storm and is unleashing 205kph winds, life-threatening storm surges and rainfall in an area not accustomed to such pummelling.

Ace Press News From Cutting Room Floor: Published: Aug: 30: 2023: Reuters News Agency

Idalia came ashore in the lightly populated Big Bend region, where the Florida Panhandle curves into the peninsula.

Idalia is a category three storm, the third highest on the hurricane wind scale and considered likely to cause devastating damage.

Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas were ordered to pack up and leave as Idalia gained strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. And those who didn’t were warned to find a safe place while the storm moves through.

“Don’t put your life at risk by doing anything dumb at this point,” Governor Ron DeSantis said.

“This thing’s powerful. If you’re inside, just hunker down until it gets past you.”

Storm surges could see oceans rise as high as 4.5 metres in some places.Traffic camera images showed the I-275 Interstate flooded northbound as waves washed over the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa.(Reuters: Florida Department of Transport)

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee called Idalia “an unprecedented event” since no major hurricanes on record have ever passed through the bay abutting the Big Bend.

The state, still dealing with lingering damage from last year’s Hurricane Ian, feared disastrous results.

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