{"id":2018243,"date":"2023-08-31T15:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-idalia-leaves-shredded-homes-roads-blocked-with-powerlines-in-florida-and-georgia\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T15:15:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:15:51","slug":"tropical-storm-idalia-leaves-shredded-homes-roads-blocked-with-powerlines-in-florida-and-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-idalia-leaves-shredded-homes-roads-blocked-with-powerlines-in-florida-and-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Idalia wreaks havoc in Florida and Georgia, leaving homes destroyed and roads impassable with fallen powerlines."},"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\">36<\/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%2Ftropical-storm-idalia-leaves-shredded-homes-roads-blocked-with-powerlines-in-florida-and-georgia%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=2018243&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>Tropical Storm Idalia Leaves Trail of Destruction in Florida and Georgia<\/h2>\n<p>HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla.\u2014Tropical\u2062 Storm\u200d Idalia headed out \u200cto sea Thursday after thrashing parts of\u200c Florida and Georgia with punishing rains and destructive winds, leaving \u200cresidents to begin\u200d the\u2063 arduous process of clearing fallen\u200c trees, restoring electricity, and \u200cpicking through \u2063the debris\u200b of devastated homes.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, authorities have confirmed one death, that of a man hit by \u2064a falling tree \u2064in \u2062Georgia. As many as a half-million customers were without power at\u2062 one point in\u200c Florida and Georgia as the storm ripped \u200bdown utility\u200d poles.<\/p>\n<p>After pounding Florida, Idalia swung east, flooding\u2064 many of South Carolina\u2019s beaches and\u2063 leaving some in the\u2064 state and\u2064 North \u2064Carolina without power before\u200d heading back into the Atlantic Ocean. Forecasters said the weakened storm should continue heading \u2064away from the U.S. for several days, although officials in Bermuda\u2064 warned\u200b that \u200cIdalia\u200c could hit the island early next week as \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tens-of-thousands-of-scouts-evacuated-from-world-jamboree-ahead-of-storm\/\" title=\"Scouts flee world jamboree due to approaching storm.\">tropical\u2064 storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related \u200bStories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/live-update-the-day-after-hurricane-idalia-5484137\">LIVE UPDATES: Crews Work to Restore Power, Execute Search and \u200bRescue in \u2064Idalia&#8217;s\u2062 Wake<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/31\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/irs-offering-relief-to-taxpayers-affected-by-hurricane-idalia-5484126\">IRS Offering Relief to Taxpayers Affected by Hurricane Idalia<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/31\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rescue and \u200drepair efforts were in full force in \u2063Florida\u2019s \u200dremote Big Bend area, where Idalia roared ashore with 125 \u2064mph\u200d (201 kph) winds Wednesday, shredding homes, ripping off roofs, snapping tall trees,\u2064 and turning\u200c streets into rivers.<\/p>\n<p>At Horseshoe\u2062 Beach in central\u200d Big Bend, Jewell Baggett picked through\u200d the \u2062wreckage\u200c and\u200c debris \u2062of her mother\u2019s\u200b destroyed home, finding a few pictures\u200c and \u2064some pots and \u2062pans. Fortunately, her mother had evacuated before the storm\u200c hit.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Baggett said her grandfather built the home decades ago and it\u200b had survived four \u200bprevious storms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now \u2063it\u2019s gone,\u201d she\u2062 said, along with at\u2063 least five to six other \u2063homes \u2062in the area. \u201cNothing left. A few little trinkets here and there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Jewell \u200cBaggett\u2064 stands beside a Christmas decoration she recovered from the wreckage of her mother\u2019s home, as she searches \u2062for anything\u2062 salvageable from the trailer \u200chome her grandfather had \u200dacquired in 1973 and \u200dbuilt multiple additions on to over the decades, in Horseshoe \u2063Beach, Fla., after the passage of Hurricane Idalia,\u200b on Aug. 30, 2023. (Rebecca \u200dBlackwell\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2062 said he planned to tour \u2063the area \u2062with\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pledges-federal-support-for-hawaii-and-florida-calling-events-part-of-a-climate-crisis\/\" title=\"Biden vows federal aid for Hawaii and Florida, labeling events as 'climate crisis'.\">federal emergency officials<\/a>\u200b on Thursday. He noted that because the storm came ashore in the remote region where Florida&#8217;s\u2063 Panhandle curves into the peninsula, Idalia \u2063was far less destructive than feared, providing only \u200bglancing blows to\u200b Tampa Bay\u2062 and other more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-revives-obama-broadband-boondoggle\/\" title=\"Biden Revives Obama Broadband Boondoggle\">populated areas<\/a>. In contrast,\u200c Hurricane Ian last year \u200chit the heavily populated Fort Myers area, leaving 149 dead in the state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think this one, there was definitely a \u200dlot of destruction but it was so much debris and so much woods\u200d and that\u2019s just going to require a lot\u200d to clean all that up,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p>No hurricane-related deaths were officially confirmed in Florida,\u200b but the state\u2019s highway \u200bpatrol reported\u200b two people killed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-idalia-leaves-shredded-homes-roads-blocked-with-powerlines-in-florida-and-georgia\/\" title=\"Tropical Storm Idalia wreaks havoc in Florida and Georgia, leaving homes destroyed and roads impassable with fallen powerlines.\">separate weather-related crashes<\/a> just hours before Idalia made landfall. A man in Valdosta,\u2063 Georgia, about 80 \u2063miles (130 kilometers) \u2063inland, died when a tree\u2062 fell on him as he tried to clear another tree out of the\u200b road, Lowndes\u2062 County\u200b Sheriff \u2064Ashley\u2064 Paulk said.<\/p>\n<p>The storm was still\u200d a \u200dmenace, with 90 mph (145 kph) winds, when it\u200b made a direct hit on Valdosta, Georgia \u200bGov. Brian\u2064 Kemp said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re fortunate this \u200bstorm was a narrow one, and it\u200c was fast moving and didn\u2019t sit on us,\u201d Mr. \u200bKemp told a news\u2062 conference \u200cThursday in Atlanta. \u201cBut if you\u2064 were in the path, it was \u2062devastating. And we\u2019re responding that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Valdosta\u200c resident Desmond \u2064Roberson\u200d said many roads \u2063remained\u200d blocked by trees\u200c and downed powerlines on \u200bThursday and traffic lights were \u200dstill \u2062blacked out\u200d at major intersections in the\u2063 city of\u2062 55,000. He said the few gas stations that were open had long lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s \u200da maze. &#8230; I had to turn \u2063around three times,\u2062 just because roads were\u200c blocked off,\u201d\u200d Mr. Roberson said.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all of the \u200c600 tarps that officials had set \u2063aside to \u2062cover damaged roofs \u200chad been claimed by Thursday morning,\u2062 said \u2062Meghan \u200bBarwick, spokeswoman for surrounding Lowndes County.<\/p>\n<p>More than 24,000 homes and businesses \u2063in \u2063the\u200b county of \u200cabout 120,000 people remained\u2064 without electricity, according \u2064to \u2064Barwick,\u200b who said residents should be \u200bprepared for several days more \u2063without lights or \u200bair conditioning.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Daniel\u2063 Dickert wades through water in front of his\u2063 home where the\u2062 Steinhatchee River overflowed\u2062 in Steinhatchee, Fla., on\u2064 Aug. 30, 2023, after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia. (Douglas R. Clifford\/Tampa Bay\u200d Times via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chris \u2063Exum, a farmer in the south Georgia town\u2063 of\u2063 Quitman, estimates that he lost half or\u200b more \u200bof his\u200b pecan crop\u2064 from Idalia, which he \u200ds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tropical Storm Idalia departed after battering Florida and Georgia with heavy rain and destructive winds. Residents now face the daunting task of clearing fallen trees, restoring power, and sifting through debris. 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