A Florida journalist was caught in a blackout during a live broadcast report on Idalia’s impacts Wednesday — putting the dangerous storm’s strong winds on full display for viewers.
WTXL-TVIdalia, which briefly rose to a Category 4 storm before downgrading Wednesday morning, is still pounding the Sunshine State with intense rain and harsh 125 mph winds, with gusts being recorded at even greater speeds.
The looming threat of storm surge, as well as wind damage, has officials with the National Weather Service in Tallahassee warning that some places “may be uninhabitable for several weeks or months.”The aggressive storm has already brought tremendous waves to streets, threatening to submerge homes and even palm trees.
In the neighborhood of Cedar Key, about 88 miles southwest of Keaton Beach, where the hurricane made landfall, meteorologists expect between 8 to 9 feet of storm surge. The area already broke the threshold for major flooding just a few minutes after 8 a.m., President Joe Biden is expected to speak about the hurricane’s impact from the White House Wednesday afternoon.
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