Tag: Hurricane Idalia

• Thursday, August 31st 2023 - 08:38 UTC

  Idalia makes landfall a Category 3 hurricane in Florida

  

  Two people have died and “incalculable damage” was caused by Idalia as it hit Florida before moving on to Georgia and the Carolinas as a tropical storm. The storm reached Category 4 status with winds up to 131 mph before hitting as a Category 3 hurricane.

• Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  US State of Florida braces for Hurricane Idalia

  

  Some 1.6 million people in the US State of Florida were to evacuate their homes in the coming hours as Hurricane Idalia has been forecast to make landfall on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the northwest of the state with Category 3 winds (111 mph or 178 kph) Wednesday.