https://www.foxnews.com/weather/hurricane-idalia-forecasted-extremely-dangerous-category-4-landfall
Hurricane Idalia is forecasted to become an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 intensity storm when it makes landfall in Florida Wednesday morning.
Idalia was upgraded to a Category 3 storm Wednesday morning as it continues to rapidly intensify in the Gulf of Mexico, according to Fox Weather. The storm is located about 125 miles west of Tampa and 185 miles south of Tallahassee, with maximum sustained winds remaining at 110 mph. Idalia is moving to the north at 18 mph.
The National Hurricane Center announced at about 11 p.m. Tuesday night that Idalia continues to strengthen as it moves toward Florida and is expected to be an “extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane at landfall” in Florida's Big Bend region with catastrophic storm surge inundation.
“There is the potential for destructive life-threatening winds where the core of Idalia moves onshore in the Big Bend region of Florida, with hurricane conditions expected elsewhere in portions of the Hurricane Warning area along the Florida Gulf Coast,” the National Hurricane Center said.