Hurricane Idalia batters south-eastern US causing storm surges and power outages
by Richard Luscombe in Miami and Maya Yang and agenci from Environment | The Guardian on (#6EA0F)
Idalia makes landfall on Florida's Gulf coast with torrential rains and 125mph winds and heads up coast to Georgia and the Carolinas
Hurricane Idalia plowed into Florida's Gulf Coast on Wednesday with howling winds, torrential rains and pounding surf, then weakened as it turned its fury on south-eastern Georgia, where floodwaters trapped some residents in their homes.
The powerful storm, which the National Hurricane Center (NHC) called an unprecedented event", made landfall shortly after daybreak with 160mph gusts near Keaton Beach on Florida's Gulf coast.
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