![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/hurricane-idalia-timeline-of-monster-storm-as-it-ravages-mainland-as-a-category-3/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Hurricane-Idalia-2023-Florida-Braces-Atlantic-Ocean-29-Aug-2023.jpg&description=Hurricane Idalia hit the Florida Panhandle early Wednesday morning, and it's expected to bring torrential rains, devastating winds and nasty storm surges until Friday Devastating winds, lashing rains and a horrific storm surge battered the Big Bend region of Florida as Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Wednesday morning. There are already two dead, and that number could very well rise before the storm finishes making its way across the the Florida Panhandle and parts of the East Coast. When the storm made landfall, it was an "extremely dangerous Category 3 Hurricane," the National Weather Service said in an X post, formerly known as a tweet, early Wednesday. It then briefly strengthened to a Category 4 before weakening slightly to a high-level Category 3 with winds at around 125 mph (201km/h). A "catastrophic" storm surge accompanied it, bringing walls of water as high as 10 feet (3 metres) that left thousands without power as winds also shredded metal signs, sending shrapnel into power lines and knocking over trees. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US But when will the devastation end? And when can those who evacuated or hunkered down go back to their homes? Simply put, Hurricane Idalia is set to (mostly) dissipate in about three days, meaning the brunt of it will be over by Friday, a forecast map from the NWS shows. It should leave the North Carolinian coastline by midday on Thursday, then veer out into the ocean and away from the mainland. As of 11am Wednesday morning, the storm was just over the Floridian border with Georgia. Within the next 12 or so hours, it's expected to devastate swaths of the Georgian coastline and inland, then make its way to the South Carolinian coast by around 8am Thursday. The coastline around the Georgian border with South Carolina is under Hurricane alert, while the surrounding areas have only tropical storm warnings — which are still dire. As it moves across land, Hurricane Idal){kind=link}
Hurricane Idalia hit the Florida Panhandle early Wednesday morning, and it’s expected to bring torrential rains, devastating winds and nasty storm surges until Friday
Devastating winds, lashing rains and a horrific storm surge battered the Big Bend region of Florida as Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Wednesday morning.
There are already two dead, and that number could very well rise before the storm finishes making its way across the the Florida Panhandle and parts of the East Coast.
When the storm made landfall, it was an “extremely dangerous Category 3 Hurricane,” the National Weather Service said in an X post, formerly known as a tweet, early Wednesday.
It then briefly strengthened to a Category 4 before weakening slightly to a high-level Category 3 with winds at around 125 mph (201km/h). A “catastrophic” storm surge accompanied it, bringing walls of water as high as 10 feet (3 metres) that left thousands without power as winds also shredded metal signs, sending shrapnel into power lines and knocking over trees.