Important Takeaways:
- Idalia turns deadly, wreaks havoc from Florida to the Carolinas
- Two men were killed in weather-related crashes, which may be linked to Idalia, as nearly half of a million power outages resulted from the storm. Fierce storm surge engulfed homes and caused destruction along Florida’s Gulf Coast.
- Over half of a million power outages resulted from the storm across Florida and Georgia at its peak, according to PowerOutage.us. Winds gusted to 85 mph in Florida and over 60 mph in Georgia and the South Carolina coast. The number of outages has decreased since peaking on Wednesday, falling to around 310,000 by late Wednesday night and 133,000 by early Friday morning.
- AccuWeather’s preliminary estimate of the total damage and economic loss from Hurricane Idalia in the southeastern United States is $18 billion to $20 billion.
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Important Takeaways:
- Tropical Storm Idalia keeps pounding the Southeast’s Atlantic coast, prompting flash flood warnings in North Carolina
- Thousands of homes are damaged in Florida – some with shredded walls and roofs, others with knee-high, murky floodwater that officials warn could be dangerous for days to come.
- Between 2 and 5 inches of rain have fallen in parts of southeastern North Carolina, including the Wilmington area, where a flash flood warning was in effect early Thursday, the National Weather Service said.
- South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor saw its waters spike to higher than 9 feet, making it the fifth-highest level ever recorded, the National Weather Service said.
- As of early Thursday, about 150,000 homes and businesses were without power in Florida. Another 110,000 outages were in Georgia, about 50,000 were reported in the Carolinas, PowerOutage.us reported
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Important Takeaways:
- Idalia pounding North Carolina.
- Tropical Storm Jose forms southeast of Hurricane Franklin
- As Tropical Storm Idalia brings heavy rainfall and life-threatening flooding to North Carolina this morning, a new tropical storm has popped up in the Atlantic, Jose.
- Almost 24 hours later, Idalia is a strong tropical storm, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph.
- Tropical Storm Jose is located southeast of Franklin in the Central Atlantic. Jose is expected to be absorbed by Franklin by the weekend.
- Also being tracked by the National Hurricane Center is a tropical wave — Invest 94L — off the coast of Africa that is expected to become a tropical depression soon and the remnants of Gert located west of Jose.
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Important Takeaways:
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned potential thieves that anyone who tries to loot amid the chaos of Hurricane Idalia will have to face severe consequences.
- “You loot, we shoot,” Ron said during a recent press conference, according to New York Post.
- “People have a right to defend their property. This part of Florida, you got a lot of advocates and proponents of the Second Amendment
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Important Takeaways:
- Tropical Storm Idalia update: Florida declares state of emergency as storm is expected to make landfall as Category 2 hurricane with 100mph winds and 11ft storm surges
- A state of emergency has been declared in more than 30 Florida counties as Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to barrel into the coast as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday – with forecasters warning of storm surges, landslides and mass power outages.
- Idalia looks set to develop into a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and then curve northeast toward the west coast of Florida, where it could make landfall with winds of up to 100mph.
- Along a vast stretch of Florida’s west coast, up to 11 feet of ocean water could surge onshore, raising fears of destructive flooding.
- DeSantis’ declaration covers the Gulf coast from the southwestern city of Fort Myers north through Panama City in the Panhandle.
- Thirty-three of the state’s 67 counties are covered in the declaration.
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