Hurricane Idalia strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it heads toward landfall Wednesday on Florida’s west coast, where it threatens to unleash floods and trigger blackouts.
(Bloomberg) — Hurricane Idalia strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it heads toward landfall Wednesday on Florida’s west coast, where it threatens to unleash floods and trigger blackouts.
Idalia’s maximum sustained winds reached 130 miles (215 kilometers) per hour, with “catastrophic storm surge” nearing the state’s Big Bend region, the US National Hurricane Center said in an update at 5 a.m. Eastern time.
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