Idalia made landfall near Keaton Beach, Fla., as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday, gradually weakening as it ripped through the state, into Georgia and across the Carolinas.
in just an hour, enough to reverse the flow of the river; sailboats, loosed from their moorings, were seen crashing against a traffic bridge.a single-engine airplane still sat upside down on the municipal tarmac"Nobody died, that's the key," Tallahassee resident Doug Everett, one of the owners of Ware Oil and Supply Co., told
"A lot of our people in Steinhatchee weren't as lucky as us. Some told me they saw houses floated out of the river mouth," he said."major coastal inundation," including in downtown Charleston where water had broken through the historic seawall, the Charleston battery.at the request of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, which frees up financial assistance for both individuals impacted by the storm and public infrastructure.
DeSantis said that tens of thousands of linemen were at work trying to restore power in his state alone. Gov. DeSantis said Florida officials were vetting"one unconfirmed fatality" as a possible storm-related death, but he didn't say whether it was one of the two Florida deaths reported earlier in the day.
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