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Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a major category 3 hurricane
Idalia made landfall at 7:45 am in the Big Bend of Florida. Dangerous impacts continue Wednesday and Thursday.
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Hurricane Idalia
Idalia made landfall as a major category 3 hurricane at 7:45 a.m. in the Big Bend of Florida with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph. Extremely dangerous storm surge and damaging winds will continue.
The storm will weaken throughout the day but maintain hurricane strength as it crosses into Georgia and moves up the east coast into South Carolina later tonight.
Throughout Thursday morning the storm will weaken to a tropical storm but continue to bring a significant storm surge, flooding and wind threat to the Carolinas throughout the day.
While landfall is expected along the Big Bend of Florida, impacts will be very far reaching and significant storm surge is expected along the entire Florida Gulf coast in addition to parts of northeast Florida into the Carolinas.
Timeline of Idalia impacts:
Wednesday 1:00 PM
Idalia will cross into Georgia during the afternoon maintaining hurricane strength.
Wednesday 5:00 PM
The storm will continue to trek through Georgia and evening into South Carolina later Wednesday evening as a hurricane.
Thursday 4:00 AM
Idalia remains a tropical storm skirting up to the coast of South Carolina bringing heavy rain and tropical storm force winds in addition to significant storm surge threats.
Thursday 3:00 PM
Idalia will move offshore as a tropical storm and continue to kick up rough surf along the east coast.
Hurricane Franklin
Franklin became a category 4 hurricane on Monday and that made it the first major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. It has since weakened to Category 3 strength. Hurricane Franklin will pass near Bermuda early Wednesday and the threat for large waves and rip current to both the island and much of the east coast will continue into the end of the week. Once it passes Bermuda, it will continue to weaken over the cooler waters of the north Atlantic Ocean.
We typically see the most tropical activity from mid-August through mid-October with the official peak of the Atlantic hurricane season marked on September 10th.