{"id":2016586,"date":"2023-08-30T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unprecedented-event-idalia-smashes-into-florida\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T11:02:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:02:56","slug":"unprecedented-event-idalia-smashes-into-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unprecedented-event-idalia-smashes-into-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Idalia&#8217;s Florida Impact: An Unprecedented Event"},"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\">12<\/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%2Funprecedented-event-idalia-smashes-into-florida%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=2016586&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>Powerful Hurricane Idalia Makes Landfall in Florida&#8217;s\u200c Big Bend<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">With\u200b fierce 125 mph\u200b winds, but\u2063 having weakened to a\u200c Category 3 storm, Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida\u2019s Big\u200c Bend at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday morning, smashing into the town of Keaton Beach, just north of \u2063Steinhatchee. By \u20629 a.m., \u2062the center \u200cof the storm was 20 miles south-southwest of\u2062 Madison and 45 miles south-southwest of Valdosta, Georgia, with winds reduced to \u200d110 mph.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Idalia, called \u201can unprecedented event\u201d by the \u200cNational\u200c Weather Service\u200c in Tallahassee, \u2062is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12459431\/hurricane-idalia-florida-refuse-evacuation-orders.html\">most powerful\u200c storm<\/a> to hit Florida\u2019s Big Bend \u200din over 125 years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unprecedented-event-idalia-smashes-into-florida\/\" title=\"Idalia's Florida Impact: An Unprecedented Event\">triggering evacuation orders\u2063 affecting tens<\/a> of thousands \u2064of people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Idalia had reached the speed of 156 mph\u200b as \u2064a Category 4 storm in the Gulf\u200b of Mexico before hitting land, \u200cbut dropped in intensity. The National Hurricane Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2023\/08\/30\/hurricane-idalia-now-category-4-hurricane-approaching-florida-landfall\/\">explained<\/a> the storm was altering because of an eyewall replacement cycle. \u201cThis change in wind speed does not diminish \u2064the \u200cthreat\u2064 of catastrophic \u2062storm surge and damaging \u200dwinds,\u201d the \u200dNHC stated, warning that the \u200cstorm surge\u2063 could reach \u206312-16 feet.<\/p>\n<h3>Impacts Beyond the Eyewall<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere will be \u2062impacts \u2063far beyond the eyewall,\u201d Gov. Ron \u200cDeSantis told a press conference in Tallahassee\u2063 on Wednesday morning, noting that the area has already seen 11 tornado warnings, with more possible.\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t put\u200b your life at \u2062risk by doing anything dumb at this\u200c point,\u201d \u200cthe\u200c governor urged. \u201cThis thing\u2019s powerful. If you\u2019re inside\u2064 just hunker down until it\u200c gets past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">DeSantis has suspended tolls in counties targeted by the \u2064storm so residents\u200c could evacuate more quickly, and he\u2019s declared a state of emergency for 49 Florida counties. Some 5,500 National Guard members have been assigned to \u200baid evacuations and building defenses. \u2062Press conferences are scheduled throughout the day for updates\u200d from the governor that\u200d will be streamed on <a href=\"https:\/\/thefloridachannel.org\/\">thefloridachannel.org<\/a> and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GovRonDeSantis\">Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking of the 30,000 and 40,000 utility\u2064 linesman who are ready to \u2064go to work to address \u200bthe inevitable \u200boutages \u2014 25,000 are already in place \u2014 DeSantis\u2063 stated, \u201cThey\u200d will immediately move to\u200d commence power restoration efforts. We\u2019ve\u2064 also been working with counties to make sure\u2064 that \u2064they know that we have resources ready to deploy \u200cand we want to be helpful to support their efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Big Bend area had\u2063 not seen \u200da hurricane \u2063this strong since \u2062the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, the governor \u2062noted, stating, \u2063\u201cI think that being safe is the appropriate thing \u2062and in erring on the side of caution is the appropriate thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Video of the damage is streaming in. As\u200d footage shows,\u200d Horseshoe Beach \u200cwas entirely submerged by the storm:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s the full video of the destruction of the Horseshoe Beach, FL camera moments ago. This camera was \u2063at least 10 feet\u200c above sea level. Waves were overtaking this camera during its\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-police-identify-calif-woman-killed-during-demonstration\/\" title=\"D.C. Police identify Calif. woman killed during demonstration\">final moments<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y3ZAok0Ft0\">https:\/\/t.co\/y3ZAok0Ft0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JUu8JGZwQG\">pic.twitter.com\/JUu8JGZwQG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RadarOmega (@RadarOmega) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadarOmega\/status\/1696857231780700670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other videos showed the power of the \u200bstorm:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trees being shredded\u2063 on \u200cthe Nature Coast between Perry and Salem, FL\u2062 as the eye of Idalia \u2063hammers the Big\u200c Bend\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Idalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Idalia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2OjrlUsNBi\">pic.twitter.com\/2OjrlUsNBi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Aaron Jayjack (@aaronjayjack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronjayjack\/status\/1696854052015833546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s a \u200dlook at the flooding in the parking \u2063lot of \u2062Derby Lane. Bridges are closed.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stpetepd?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#stpetepd<\/a> asks you to Please stay off the roads. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hyggsF2NVd\">pic.twitter.com\/hyggsF2NVd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 St. Pete \u2063Police (@StPetePD)\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StPetePD\/status\/1696832010407251997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Surge continues to\u200c pile into the Tampa Bay region,\u200d threatening homes nearest\u200d the\u200d coast. Lights are flickering around us. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Idalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Idalia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oqhFJCi8KV\">pic.twitter.com\/oqhFJCi8KV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derek Van Dam (@VanDamCNN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VanDamCNN\/status\/1696835230886248497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">By 9:30 \u200ca.m., nearly 250,000 Florida customers were without \u200bpower, \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/poweroutage.us\/area\/state\/florida\">poweroutage.us<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">All\u2063 flights out of Tampa were canceled on Tuesday. A U.S. military plane above the\u200b Tampa area took astonishing video of rare \u2064St Elmo\u2019s \u200dFire lightning strikes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All aircraft on\u200c the installation have been evacuated\/secured in preparation\u200d for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HurricaneIdalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HurricaneIdalia<\/a> . During the evacuation, the 50th ARS recorded St. \u200cElmo\u2019s \u200bfire, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coldest-winter-ever-joins-genocide-pandemic-on-list-of-china-olympics-woes\/\" title=\"'Coldest Winter Ever' Joins Genocide, Pandemic on List of China Olympics Woes\">weather phenomenon<\/a> in which\u200d luminous plasma is created in an atmospheric electric field. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tqUGhfm8iN\">pic.twitter.com\/tqUGhfm8iN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200d MacDill AFB (@MacDill_AFB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacDill_AFB\/status\/1696623235943530855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Idalia, a Category 3 storm, hit Florida&#8217;s Big Bend at 7:45 a.m. with 125 mph winds. Keaton Beach, near Steinhatchee, suffered significant damage. By 9 a.m., the storm&#8217;s center was 20 miles south-southwest of Madison and 45 miles south-southwest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2016587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}