Megathread: Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida

The eye of Hurricane Idalia came ashore near Keaton Beach, FL at 7:45 AM EDT (1145 UTC) [1]. Idalia landed as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 125 mph (205 km/h), hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 25 miles (35 km) from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 175 miles (280 km). [1, 2].

Idalia reached Category 4 intensity early this morning before weakening to a Cat 3 just before landfall. [3]

• 1: Public Advisory update 745 AM EDT
• 2: Hurricane Idalia Intermediate Advisory Number 15A
• 3: Hurricane Idalia Discussion Number 16

Resources

• National Hurricane Center
• Florida Power Outages
• Georgia Power Outages
• Florida Division of Emergency Management
• Georgia Emergency Management

Live Coverage

• CNN
• New York Times
• NPR
• NBC News
• The Weather Channel
• Associated Press

News Coverage

• NPR: Hurricane Idalia eye comes ashore near Keaton Beach, Fla.
• CNN: Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida as a dangerous Category 3 storm, and, ‘It’s going to get a lot worse’
• CBS: Videos, photos show Hurricane Idalia damage as catastrophic storm inundates Florida: "Our entire downtown is submerged"
• SunSentinel: Hurricane Idalia makes landfall near Keaton Beach, bringing ‘catastrophic surge’ to Florida coast
• CBS: Hurricane Idalia makes landfall near Keaton Beach, Florida. Here's what meteorologists say is next.
• Miami Herald: Idalia heads to Georgia, leaving floodwater and power outages in its Florida wake
• Reuters: Hurricane Idalia slams ashore at Florida's Big Bend
• AP: Hurricane Idalia unleashes fury on Florida and Georgia, swamping wide stretch of coast
• Orlando Sentinel: Deadly Hurricane Idalia makes Florida landfall as ‘catastrophic’ major hurricane