Hurricane “Idalia” has previously ravaged Cuba and hit the coast of Florida a little before 2pm today, Norwegian time. It was a little before 8 in the morning in Florida.
The hurricane hit with winds of more than 200 kilometers per hour in several places, according to the National Weather Service.
That’s about 55.5 meters per second.
On Tuesday, residents in exposed areas were asked to evacuate.
Photo: Joe Raedle / AFP
It is the strong winds that surround the calm eye of the hurricane that are now hitting land, the so-called eye wall.
– Protect your life
The National Weather Service office in Tallahassee has advised people to prepare as if a tornado is approaching.
– Do something now to protect your life, they said before the hurricane hit.
Residents in exposed coastal areas were asked to evacuate on Tuesday in anticipation of life-threatening storm surges and violent rain showers.
– You really have to go now. The time is now, Governor Ron DeSantis said at a press conference on Tuesday.
A man closes the shop in anticipation of the extreme wind in Florida.
Photo: ADREES LATIF / Reuters
Parts of Cuba without power
The National Weather Services says a major hurricane has never been recorded in the area before.
Idalia has reached land in the bay at where Florida transitions from being a peninsula to following the coast of the Gulf of Mexico westward.
The hurricane was first classified as a Category 4 hurricane, but the hurricane has weakened somewhat before making landfall, and is now a Category 3 hurricane with winds of just over 200 km/h.
That is a decrease of 8 km/h and does not reduce the dangers associated with the hurricane.
Idalia has already ravaged Cuba and submerged the tobacco province of Pinar del Rio. Many residents of the island are still without electricity.
Two residents walk through the waters in the city of Batabano, Cuba, on August 29, after Hurricane Idalia hit.
Photo: Ramon Espinosa / AP
2023-08-30 12:43:30
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