{"id":2016016,"date":"2023-08-29T19:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T23:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idalia-path-tracker-watch-live-where-is-the-hurricane-and-where-will-it-make-landfall\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T19:29:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T23:29:28","slug":"idalia-path-tracker-watch-live-where-is-the-hurricane-and-where-will-it-make-landfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idalia-path-tracker-watch-live-where-is-the-hurricane-and-where-will-it-make-landfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Track Idalia&#8217;s path LIVE: Hurricane location and landfall predictions."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fidalia-path-tracker-watch-live-where-is-the-hurricane-and-where-will-it-make-landfall%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2016016&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Hurricane Idalia Set \u2062to Hit U.S. Gulf Coast as Category 3 Storm<\/h2>\n<p>Hurricane Idalia, the latest \u200dsevere\u200b storm\u2064 expected \u2062to make landfall in the United \u2062States, \u200cis projected to strike Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast on Wednesday as a\u200b powerful Category 3\u200d hurricane. This\u2063 menacing hurricane has already triggered evacuations and\u2064 states of emergency in the southeast, with millions of people \u200bunder a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tornadoes-hit-texas-louisiana-storm-warnings-issued-for-parts-of-southwest-us\/\" title=\"Tornadoes Hit Texas, Louisiana, Storm Warnings Issued for Parts of Southwest US\">severe weather watch<\/a> \u200din Florida, Georgia, \u2064and the Carolinas. The \u2064potential for tornadoes in Florida \u200badds to the urgency of the \u2064situation.<\/p>\n<h3>Where is the Hurricane Headed?<\/h3>\n<p>The Category 2 hurricane is currently located over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, approximately 200 \u200dmiles southwest of \u2064Tampa, Florida. It is moving northward at a speed of 16\u2064 miles per hour, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idalia-path-tracker-watch-live-where-is-the-hurricane-and-where-will-it-make-landfall\/\" title=\"Track Idalia's path LIVE: Hurricane location and landfall predictions.\">maximum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-elsa-strengthens-to-hurricane-status\/\" title=\"Tropical Storm Elsa strengthens to hurricane status\">sustained winds<\/a> reaching \u200c100 miles<\/a> \u2063per hour, according \u200bto the National Oceanic \u2062and Atmospheric\u2062 Administration. Category 2 hurricanes have sustained winds of\u200d at least 96 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Idalia is \u200cexpected to make landfall in Florida&#8217;s Big Bend area, which encompasses the panhandle and the peninsula.\u2064 The timing of landfall could be as early as\u200b 7 a.m. EDT on Wednesday or as \u2063late as 11 a.m. Tampa Bay, included in \u2063the Big Bend area, is currently under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-residents-on-maui-ordered-to-evacuate-after-dam-floods-area\/\" title=\"Hawaii: Residents on Maui ordered to evacuate after dam floods area\">evacuation orders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The storm is anticipated to impact 46 counties \u2064along Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast, \u2063with evacuation orders recommended in 23 counties. Experts have \u200bissued\u200c warnings about potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-green-fraud-and-the-climate-lockdown\/\" title=\"GRAHAM: \u2018Green Fraud\u2019 And The Climate Lockdown\">storm surges<\/a>\u200b as high as 11 feet in northwestern\u200d Florida and the Panhandle.\u200b Storm surges are responsible \u2062for a\u200b significant number of hurricane-related fatalities and are the primary \u200breason behind\u2064 evacuation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Cedar Key\u200b Mayor Heath \u200bDavis has strongly urged all residents on the island \u200cto evacuate ahead of the hurricane. However, despite the risks, close to 100 residents have\u2062 chosen to stay. Mayor\u2062 Davis emphasized\u200d the importance of \u200dtaking the storm seriously and not endangering lives.<\/p>\n<p>Once Idalia makes landfall in Florida, it is expected to continue its path\u200b northward, affecting the eastern coasts of Georgia and the Carolinas on Wednesday and Thursday. However, the storm is predicted to\u200b weaken as\u2064 it travels north. In response to the approaching hurricane, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida have \u2064all declared a state of emergency, mobilizing state\u200c resources, including the National\u200c Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Another hurricane, Hurricane Franklin, a \u200cCategory 4 storm, is currently located off the east coast. However, Franklin is not expected to have \u200da significant impact on \u200bthe\u200c U.S., as it \u2064is projected to skirt the \u2064southeastern coast \u200band\u2064 weaken throughout Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>These storms coincide with\u200d the \u2064anniversary of the devastating Hurricane \u2064Katrina, which\u2062 ravaged New Orleans,\u200c Louisiana, in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO \u2064READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Idalia, the latest severe storm, will strike the US on Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane on Florida&#8217;s Gulf Coast. Evacuations and states of emergency were declared in the southeast as Idalia intensified to a Category 2 hurricane. 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