Live updates | Hurricane Idalia set to hit Florida as Category 4 storm
Visitors to the Southernmost Point buoy brave the waves made stronger from Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Key West, Fla. Feeding on some of the hottest water on the planet, Hurricane Idalia is expected to rapidly strengthen as it bears down on Florida and the rest of the Gulf Coast, scientists said. (Rob O’Neal/The Key West Citizen via AP)
Follow our live coverage of Hurricane Idalia, which is set to hit Florida on Wednesday as a dangerous Category 4 storm.
- The eye of the storm is currently projected to hit Florida’s Big Bend, one of the last truly natural places in the state. It would be the first major storm to hit there since Hurricane Easy in 1950,
- What makes Idalia so potent? It’s feeding on intensely warm water that acts like rocket fuel.
- A rare blue supermoon could raise tides above normal just as Hurricane Idalia takes aim at Florida’s west coast, exacerbating flooding fro
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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