Idalia’s tropical threats still pummel Southeast after leaving deadly trail of damage from historic landfall - Fox Weather

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Tropical Storm Idalia remains a tropical storm with winds of 60 mph as the storm, which made landfall in Florida on Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane, moves off the East Coast and back into the open water of the Atlantic Ocean.

KEATON BEACH, Fla. – Cleanup efforts are underway from Florida to the Carolinas one day after powerful Hurricane Idalia made landfall and left a deadly trail of destruction from blasting the region with destructive winds, a powerful storm surge and flooding from torrential rain.

The storm made a historically-rare landfall in Keaton Beach along Florida’s Big Bend region Wednesday morning as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 125 mph that spawned tornadoes, brought down trees and power lines and ripped the roofs away from homes and buildings across the region, leaving three dead in its wake.

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Two men were killed in separate, rain-related crashes in Florida during the storm according to reports. One man was killed in a crash in Gainesville and a second man was killed in a crash in Pasco County.

Another person was killed in Georgia when a tree fell onto a vehicle in Lowndes County, according to state officials.

A utility worker is seen working to restore power after Hurricane Idalia.

(Florida Power & Light/X)

Just over 200,000 people remain without power Thursday, though that number has dropped considerably from the peak of the storm as some 30,000 line workers were on standby to restore power in the storm's wake, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

The work to pick up the pieces after the monster storm began almost immediately with crews fanning out to clear debris from roadways.

"The priority has been clearing impacted roadways," DeSantis said on Thursday. "All state bridges, including the Cedar Key Bridge, have been cleared and that happened within 12 hours of landfall."

President Joe Biden approved DeSantis' request Thursday for a major disaster declaration in 25 affected Florida counties, allowing debris removal and providing money for individual assistance such as temporary housing.

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Dozens of rescues made in Florida after Hurricane Idalia

A woman is seen being helped through floodwaters in Pasco County, Florida.

(Pasco County Sheriff's Department/Facebook)

Flooding and storm surge led to several calls for help. The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office in Florida said it helped evacuate more than 60 people from flooded homes within the Hudson area, with deputies braving Hurricane Idalia’s wrath to patrol the streets.

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St. Petersburg officials said more than 75 people were rescued there from areas that saw flooding during Idalia, with boats being used to evacuate those who became trapped.

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Big Bend takes brunt of Hurricane Idalia's landfall

The effects of Hurricane Idalia were felt all along Florida’s west coast as the monster storm approached from the Gulf of Mexico.

Time lapse video recorded in Cedar Key, about 60 miles south from where Idalia made landfall, showed the calm before the storm along the coast. But as the hurricane continued to advance, the water rose and waves began to crash on shore.

An incredible time lapse video shows a powerful storm surge from Hurricane Idalia inundating the coast in Cedar Key, Florida, on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.

A poorly placed car is seen sitting adjacent to the coast before the storm, but as the water rose and angry waves continued to batter the area that car eventually was picked up by the storm surge and it floated away. The video continues and shows that the water rise during the height of the storm - eventually reaching a record 6.89 feet above tide level.

Another video shows the powerful hurricane-force winds within Idalia’s eyewall as it roared ashore in Perry, Florida, snapping trees and sending debris flying through the air like missiles.

Dramatic video recorded in the eyewall of Hurricane Idalia shows trees and other debris flying through the air as the Category 3 hurricane was making landfall with 125 mph winds early Wednesday morning.

"So, the top of the roof just caved in on me and my three kids and my grandson," Perry resident Belond Thomas told FOX Weather. "My daughter is pregnant. She’s five months pregnant. So, she was laying on the side of the bed where the roof was coming in and it fell on her. But I was able to pull her out of it."

The Category 3 winds created a massive storm surge that sent walls of water into Florida's Gulf Coast, including a surge several feet deep at where the storm made landfall in Keaton Beach.

Dramatic video shows a massive storm surge and major flooding as Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Keaton Beach, Florida, early Wednesday morning with winds of 125 mph.

Deep storm surges were reported in Horseshoe Beach and Steinhatchee.

Farther south in the Tampa Bay area, officials had warned people to stay away from the beach in Clearwater, Florida, as a storm surge inundated the coast. The storm surge in Tampa Bay and Clearwater reached more than 3 feet by early Wednesday morning, with more water rushing in during the high tide.

Tornado spawned by Idalia tosses car in South Carolina

In addition to the ferocious winds and swells of storm surge, Hurricane Idalia spawned strong thunderstorms across cities from Florida to the Carolinas, and some even produced flash flooding and tornadoes.

Emergency Management in Berkeley County, S.C. reported a brief tornado flipped a vehicle in the community of Goose Creek, north of Charleston.

A jaw-dropping video recorded in Goose Creek, South Carolina, showed a tornado crossing a road and picking up a car before spinning it in the air and slamming it back down onto the roadway. Police reported only minor injuries.

The tornado was one of several reports of waterspouts and funnel clouds in South Carolina, but so far was the only reported incident where a touchdown happened as of Wednesday afternoon.

Idalia floods the Southeast with heavy rains, more storm surge

Hurricane Idalia led to numerous reports of flooding across the region from Georgia to the Carolinas.

Charleston, South Carolina, was also slammed with a storm surge due to Idalia. Winds of up to 40 mph pushed water from the Atlantic Ocean onto city streets, and the National Weather Service said Wednesday evening that water breached the Charleston Battery, the seawall in Charleston.

A resident in a high rise had a unique perspective of the flooding across Charleston Wednesday night. Drivers wade through parking lots to get to their cars. Police cars leave a wake. Tropical Storm Idalia's storm surge and winds combined with the King Tides were no match for the seawall.

Major coastal flooding was also reported in downtown Charleston and Edisto Beach. Water levels eventually reached their 5th-highest levels on record in town, and highest since Hurricane Irma in 1997.

In Georgia, it wasn't water from the ocean but from the skies that caused problems. A rare Flash Flood Emergency was also issued in Valdosta, Georgia, as Idalia dropped more than 7 inches of rain in hours, leading to the town's wettest day in more than 20 years and reports of water rescues as flooding affected homes.

Idalia's winds gusting over 65 mph and rain also uprooted trees across the city and damaged businesses.

What's next for Tropical Storm Idalia?

The latest with Tropical Storm Idalia.
(FOX Weather)

The latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has Tropical Storm Idalia located about 85 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina. The tropical storm has winds of 60 mph, and it was moving off to the east at 20 mph.

That general motion is expected to continue through Thursday morning before Idalia begins to move east and then east-southeast later in the day and continue through Saturday.

The forecast track of Tropical Storm Idalia.
(FOX Weather)

On that track, Idalia will move off the coast of North Carolina on Thursday and will move over the western Atlantic Ocean into the weekend.

Little change in strength is expected on Thursday, but gradual weakening is expected on Friday and Saturday.

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