Hurricane Idalia path: expected to become ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 before storm surges hit Florida Gulf Coast – as it happened
by Helen Livingstone (now); Lois Beckett, Léonie Cha from US news | The Guardian on (#6E945)
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A rapidly intensifying Hurricane Idalia was closing in on Florida's Gulf coast on Tuesday, with landfall of the first major hurricane to strike the US this year was expected early on Wednesday.
Forecasters predicted Idalia would crash ashore as a higher-end category 3 hurricane. Category 3 hurricanes have winds between 111 and 129mph. Anything above a category 2 - on a scale of up to 5 - is considered major.
One word - leave. It's not something to discuss.
Two blocks this way, two blocks that way, two blocks that way. Water. And all the other little residential areas are connected by bridges. Any one of those bridges can be taken out. If they do, you're stuck on your side.
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