HURRICANE Idalia has continued to strengthen and is expected to be a Category 4 storm when it makes landfall in Florida on Wednesday. Officials in Florida have warned residents in high-risk areas t…
"This is going to be a major hurricane," he said.
As many as 14million people could be at risk, but DeSantis said most people have evacuated the areas that will likely be hit hardest.The governor also shared that all of Florida's Urban Search and Rescue teams are prepared ahead of the hurricane's arrival. In Gainesville, an inland city about 130 miles north of Tampa, authorities enacted mandatory evacuations for some residents on Tuesday night.
"St. George Island and Alligator Point, you have only one access route in and out," Franklin County Florida Emergency Management said in a Facebook"If you have life threatening medical conditions, please make arrangements now. Don’t Wait. Evacuate.""It’ll be a lot of trees maybe falling, debris, but I don’t feel like it will tear up Gainesville," Elonda Mcnish, 34, told NBC.
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