Hurricane Idalia remained an extremely dangerous Category XNUMX hurricane as it made landfall in Georgia after making landfall on Florida's west coast this morning as a Category XNUMX hurricane with storm surges, heavy rain and flooding in areas not previously targeted by extreme weather.
More than 240.000 customers were left without power as strong winds uprooted trees and threw them onto power lines and flooded streets.
Along the coast, some houses were flooded almost to their roofs, and some collapsed.
As the "eye of the hurricane" moved inland from the coast, devastating winds tore down road signs and blew away tin roofs. In the town of Sidar Ki, most of the center is submerged.
Idalia made landfall from the ocean at 7.45:205 a.m. in the sparsely populated Big Bend region, and was then classified as a Category XNUMX hurricane with maximum sustained winds near XNUMX mph.
As it crossed from Florida to Georgia, east of Tallahassee, the hurricane's strength weakened, and Idalia became a Category 165 hurricane with maximum winds of 75 mph (XNUMX km/h), but Interstate XNUMX was closed as winds knocked power lines onto the roadway.
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