Hurricane Idalia turns streets to rivers in Florida
Idalia flooded streets of Florida on Wednesday as it slammed into the Big Bend region, where millions of residents had evacuated or hunkered down in anticipation of a dangerous surge of tidal water.
Drawing strength from the Gulf of Mexico's warm waters, Idalia unleashed destructive winds and torrential downpours that were forecast to cause coastal flooding up to 16 feet (5 m) deep along the state's Gulf Coast.
Idalia came ashore at 7:45 a.m. EDT (1145 GMT) at Keaton Beach, a town of 13,000 people in Taylor County, in the center of the Big Bend region, where the state's northern panhandle curves into the Florida Peninsula.
It was the fourth major hurricane to strike Florida in the past seven years, following Irma in 2017, Michael in 2018, and Ian, which peaked at Category 5, last September.
(Source: Reuters)
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