Florida's west coast is bracing for a potentially destructive major hurricane.
Hurricane flags will be flying as Idalia strengthened into a hurricane on Monday.Idalia became the third hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic season on Tuesday, intensifying near the western tip of Cuba and taking aim at the Florida peninsula as a potentially destructive major storm that could make landfall as soon as Wednesday.Idalia follows Don and Franklin this year as tropical storms that have grown into hurricanes.
A hurricane warning was in effect for the middle of Longboat Key northward to Indian Pass, including Tampa Bay.
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