Idalia knocks Florida as Category 2 hurricane; 1st storm-related death reported: LIVE COVERAGE

MIAMI-- Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida'& #x 27; s Big Bend region on Wednesday morning as an "" incredibly unsafe"" Category 3 storm, the National Weather Service said.
The typhoon, which has actually considering that been devalued to a Category 2 storm, is anticipated to move into Georgia and the Carolinas later Wednesday and early Thursday.
This satellite image taken at 8:30 a.m. EDT shows Hurricane Idalia over Florida.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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on Aug. 30, 2023.40-foot trees snap in half Aug 30, 10:47

AM EDT Libby Greg captured on electronic camera the minute 40-foot trees snapped in half in her yard in Perry, Florida, in the Big Bend area. One of the trees fell on your home and her child shrieked out.
A person was

killed while driving in Florida during Hurricane Idalia, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The person & #x 27; s identity has not been launched. Airlines have canceled at least

898 flights as Hurricane Idalia strikes Florida.
Tampa, Atlanta, Jacksonville and Orlando are the airports seeing the greatest impacts.
An uncommon blue supermoon could be playing a role in aggravating the impact of Hurricane Idalia as the storm lashes Florida & #x 27; s west coast.
While a supermoon can produce an incredible background in images of landmarks worldwide, its intensified gravitational pull also makes tides greater. "I would state the timing is quite bad for this one," said Brian Haines, the meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service office
"in Charleston, South Carolina. Cyclone Idalia storm rise on Aug. 30, 2023. Read the complete story here.- Jeff Martin, The Associated Press Over 245,000 without power in Florida Aug 30, 9:28 AM EDT More than 245,000 consumers are without power in Florida as Hurricane Idalia hammers the state.
Makatla Ritchter learns flood waters after needing to leave her home when the flood waters from Hurricane Idalia swamped it on Aug. 30, 2023 in Tarpon Springs, Florida.Joe Raedle/Getty Images Idalia down to Category 2 Aug
30, 9:10 AM EDT Typhoon Idalia, which is pummeling Florida, has weakened from a Category 3 to a Category 2 following landfall Wednesday early morning. Meteorologists are still cautioning of "devastating" storm surge along Florida & #x 27; s Big Bend coast. Wind gusts up to 85 mph in Florida
Aug 30, 8:44 AM EDT Wind gusts approximately 85 miles per hour were recorded in parts of Florida on Wednesday morning after Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 storm. As "of 8:37 a.m. ET", there were 85 miles per hour gusts in Perry and Bucell Junction, 81

miles per hour in Horseshoe Beach, 73 mph in Mayo and 67 miles per hour in Sarasota.
More than 160,000 clients were without power in Florida on Wednesday early morning as Hurricane Idalia made landfall in the Sunshine State. Minutes after making landfall in Florida & #x 27; s Big Bend region, the eye of Hurricane Idalia was moving simply inland from the coast with maximum sustained wind speeds at 120 miles per hour, according to the most current advisory from the National Weather Service.