Idalia aftermath shows downed power lines, flooding and damaged homes | USA TODAY



Idalia ripped through parts of Florida with damaging winds and powerful storm surges, leaving a widespread damage in its wake. https://tinyurl.com/3rac4v56

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Downgraded to a tropical storm, what had been Hurricane Idalia powered across southeastern Georgia and the Carolinas on Wednesday evening after making landfall earlier along Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 3 tropical cyclone and driving “catastrophic” storm surge and flooding for hundreds of miles.

As of 5 p.m., the storm’s center was located 115 miles west-southwest of Charleston, South Carolina, heading northeast at 21 mph with sustained winds of 70 mph.

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7 comments

  1. DeSantis Rejected $350 Million in Climate Funding Before Hurricane Idalia

    The Florida governor rejected millions in climate funding. Now his state is suffering from a storm fueled by climate change.

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    FEMA does not have enough funds to help after disasters because 'congress is not doing its job'Hurricane Idalia barreled through Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and a storm surge that led to substantial flooding. Representative Jared Mozkowitz (D-FL) joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss how the states are beginning recovery efforts and what the federal government is doing to help. "I'm deeply concerned that because Congress is not doing its job, emergency managers around this country are worried about how this stuff is going to get done when there's no funds available," Mozkowitz said.

  2. Didn’t he just say climate change is fake too at a debate and we shouldn’t do anything about it?

  3. The hurricane was truly woke.

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  5. Look at the green grass off the street
    Lots is fake look around the photos

  6. Putin must be held accountable for unleashing this horrific storm upon our land