By Rich McKay, Dave Sherwood and Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Idalia closed in on Florida's Gulf Coast on Tuesday after skirting past ...
The 2023 Gallagher Open | SaltWire - Tropical Storm Idalia closed in on Florida's Gulf Coast on Tuesday after skirting past Cuba, headed for a U.S. landfall as a powerful Category 3 storm, prompting authorities to order evacuations of vulnerable shoreline areas.
Authorities said Idalia's chief threat to human life stemmed from surging walls of seawater that would be driven inland by high winds, inundating low-lying coastal areas. It would mark the fourth major hurricane to strike Florida over the past seven years, following Irma in 2017, Michael in 2018 and Ian, which peaked at Category 5, last September.
"We've had two days of rain already," said Yadira Alvarez, 34, as she readied for evacuation with her five children."We try to prepare, but no matter what we do everything will be soaked."Farther to the west, more intense winds closer to the storm center pounded the tobacco-rich province of Pinar del Rio, home to the raw material for some of the world's finest Cuban cigars.
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