{"id":2016812,"date":"2023-08-30T13:41:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apocalyptic-scene-reported-as-idalia-makes-landfall-as-a-category-3-hurricane\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T13:42:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:42:59","slug":"apocalyptic-scene-reported-as-idalia-makes-landfall-as-a-category-3-hurricane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apocalyptic-scene-reported-as-idalia-makes-landfall-as-a-category-3-hurricane\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Apocalyptic Scene&#8217; as Idalia Hits Land as Category 3 Hurricane"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fapocalyptic-scene-reported-as-idalia-makes-landfall-as-a-category-3-hurricane%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=2016812&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>Idalia \u200cMakes Landfall as a Category\u2063 3 Hurricane<\/h2>\n<p>Causing damage before it even reached \u200bthe mainland, Hurricane Idalia\u200d slammed the coast \u2063of Florida\u2019s\u200d Big Bend Wednesday\u200b morning, the National Hurricane Center said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/weather\/live-blog\/hurricane-idalia-live-updates-rcna102478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that \u200dthe storm came ashore on the Gulf Coast about\u2064 7:45 Eastern Daylight Time with winds of 125 mph, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at5.shtml?start#contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">center<\/a> warned of \u201ccatastrophic\u200c impacts,\u201d \u201cdestructive life-threatening winds\u201d and flooding that\u200b will follow the storm\u2019s path through Florida, Georgia and \u200dthe Carolinas.<\/p>\n<p>Warnings\u2062 were issued of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/national-weather-service-projects-hurricane-idalia-will-unprecedented-event-impassable-escape-routes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storm surges<\/a> along 200 miles of Florida\u2019s west coast and surges that could reach as high as\u2064 12 to 16 feet in the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-bidens-nord-stream-2-move-opens-the-door-to-a-russian-invasion-into-ukraine\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Biden\u2019s Nord Stream 2 Move Opens The Door To A Russian Invasion Into Ukraine\">landfall area<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Destruction of \u2063the Horseshoe Beach, FL camera moments ago. \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HurricaneIdalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HurricaneIdalia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Idalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Idalia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hurricane?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hurricane<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FloridaHurricane?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FloridaHurricane<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Florida?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Florida<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V8gjPV8AqC\">pic.twitter.com\/V8gjPV8AqC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darkside (@ShortCuts24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShortCuts24\/status\/1696859010643718197?\">August 30,\u2062 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The National Weather Service office in Tallahassee said due to wind \u2062damage,\u2063 \u201clocations may be\u2062 uninhabitable for several \u200dweeks or months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The storm passed west of Cedar Key, where resident Michael\u2064 Presley Bobbitt said in his 20 \u2062years \u200don \u200cthe island he has never\u2063 seen water \u201crise out of \u200cthe gulf\u200c in such an angry\u2063 way,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/weather\/florida-evacuations-ordered-for-idalia-yet-some-residents-remain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsNation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyiv-mayor-announces-35-hour-curfew\/\" title=\"Kyiv Mayor Announces 35-Hour Curfew\">apocalyptic scene<\/a> out there.\u2063 We\u2019re used to <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 surge<\/a> here. \u2026 But we\u2019re not used\u2063 to it coming\u2064 from all sides and just swallowing up everything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dangerous storm surge continues in \u200dCedar Key, FL \u2062with strong \u200bwesterlies on the backside of Hurricane \u200bIdalia. Here \u2063is\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-ian-strengthens-to-category-3-storm-heads-for-dangerous-strike-on-florida\/\" title=\"Hurricane Ian Strengthens to Category 3 Storm, Heads for Dangerous Strike on Florida\">peak storm surge<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f8e4XOlvKa\">https:\/\/t.co\/f8e4XOlvKa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WgWYjheu3z\">pic.twitter.com\/WgWYjheu3z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reed Timmer, PhD (@ReedTimmerAccu) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReedTimmerAccu\/status\/1696878401355657487?\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Wednesday,\u2063 Bobbitt \u2063posted \u200can update on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/therealbobbitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u200b water\u200d has made it \u200bto my backyard but\u2062 it will \u200chave to go up 7 ft to flood my house I might be about to get lucky. The rest of \u200bthe island is not\u200c lucky. \u200bOur entire downtown is submerged. Houses everywhere are submerged,\u201d he\u2064 wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2062 warned that\u200c the \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nhtsa-confirms-fire-marshals-worst-fears-ev-fires-hurricane-ian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storm\u2019s damage<\/a> \u200bwould\u2063 be far-reaching.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s a few clips from Perry, Florida inside Hurricane\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Idalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Idalia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At times it was just too dangerous\u2062 to get out of the car, especially with flying \u200cdebris and such. \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FV0KE1JVGv\">pic.twitter.com\/FV0KE1JVGv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zachary Hall (@WxZachary) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WxZachary\/status\/1696879727900791049?\">August 30, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere will be impacts far beyond the \u2062eyewall,\u201d he said Wednesday morning \u00a0\u201cWe have already had 11 tornado warnings and \u200dthere are more tornadoes possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t\u2062 put\u200d your life at\u200d risk by doing\u200d anything dumb at this point,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cThis thing\u2019s\u2062 powerful. If you\u2019re inside, just hunker down until it gets past.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is, by\u200d far, the most intense thing I have ever experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Idalia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Idalia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F2IWcXx6z7\">pic.twitter.com\/F2IWcXx6z7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Wise (@WillWise_WX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillWise_WX\/status\/1696873895863751076?\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/text\/refresh\/MIATCPAT5+shtml\/301159.shtml?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Hurricane\u2062 Center<\/a> warned that the storm surge was not the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-water-rising-every-second-man-rescues-helpless-cat-surging-flood-waters-hurricane-ian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only concern<\/a> for residents of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIdalia is expected to produce a swath of 4 to 8 inches of rainfall with isolated\u200b maxima up to 12 \u200binches\u200b from the Florida Big Bend through central Georgia and\u2064 South Carolina,\u200b and through eastern North\u2064 Carolina\u2062 into Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese rainfall amounts will lead\u200d to areas \u200cof flash, urban, \u2063and\u200b moderate river \u2064flooding, with considerable impacts,\u201d it warned,\u200d noting that \u200cdangerous tides could be felt\u200c along the Gulf Coast all \u2064the way to \u200cLouisiana.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/apocalyptic-scene-reported-idalia-makes-landfall-category-3-hurricane\/\">&#8216;Apocalyptic Scene&#8217;\u200b Reported as Idalia Makes Landfall as a Category \u200d3 Hurricane<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2064 Western\u2064 Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Idalia struck Florida&#8217;s Big Bend coast, causing damage prior to reaching the mainland. The National Hurricane Center reported the storm made landfall on the Gulf Coast at 7:45 EDT, with winds of 125 mph. 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