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Hurricane Idalia was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that caused significant damage across parts of the southeastern United States, especially in North Florida, in late August 2023. The ninth named storm , [ a ] third hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season , Idalia formed from a low-pressure area ...
Those four were followed by two more systems during last week of the month: Idalia and Jose. Idalia formed on August 26 in the northwestern Caribbean, intensified into a Category 4 hurricane, then made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida at Category 3 strength. Tropical Storm Jose formed in the open Atlantic on August 29 and remained far ...
The chief, Scooter Resweber, called it the "most severe hurricane" he had ever experienced. [115] A St. James Parish man was killed after his backyard shed fell on top of him during Hurricane Ida's heavy winds. [116] Four storm-related deaths were also reported in Tangipahoa Parish among nursing home residents evacuated during Hurricane Ida. [117]
Hurricane Idalia was the only hurricane to make landfall in the United States in 2023. After reaching Category 4 strength in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, it hit Florida as a Category 3 hurricane on ...
The full scope of Hurricane Idalia’s destruction is still coming into focus, but experts say one thing is clear: It could have been more like the damage wrought by Hurricane Ian had it hit ...
The latest hurricane, Idalia, made landfall on the west coast of Florida on Aug. 30 as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour.
August 5 – Hurricane Debby made landfall near peak intensity as a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) near Steinhatchee in the Big Bend region, 17 miles (27 km) from where Hurricane Idalia struck a year prior. Five fatalities were reported in the state after the passage of the storm, three of which occurred in ...
Idalia was downgraded from a Category 4 to an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 hurricane early Wednesday morning, shortly before it made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida around 8 a.m. ET ...