Hurricane Idalia: A look at some of the storm damage

RIGHTY. NOT BAD. THANKS, JEFF. WELL, IDALIA BLAME FOR AT LEAST ONE DEATH IN THE SOUTHEAST US. THAT STORM HIT FLORIDA YESTERDAY AS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE. IT THEN MADE ITS WAY ACROSS GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS WHERE IT'S STILL DUMPING HEAVY RAIN ON COASTAL AREAS THERE. FOX IS CAROLINE SHIVELY HAS THE LATEST FROM CAROLINA BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA. THE RECOVERY EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY IN FLORIDA AS PEOPLE HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE BRACING FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. THANKS TO IDALIA. IDALIA STRIKING COMMUNITY IN FLORIDA'S BIG BEND REGION AS AN INTENSE CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE. WEDNESDAY MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 125MPH, TEARING DOWN TREES AND TRIGGERING RECORD STORM SURGE. IDALIA IS THE STRONGEST STORM TO HIT THIS PART OF FLORIDA TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THIS PART OF FLORIDA IN OVER 100 YEARS. MANY EVACUEES NOW RETURNING TO FIND THEIR PROPERTY DAMAGED BY THE FLOODWATERS. WAS I WAS SCARED AS AS EFFORTS TO CLEAR MASSIVE PILES OF DEBRIS AND RETURN POWER TO THOUSANDS CONTINUE. EVEN THOUGH IDALIA DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MADE ITS WAY FROM FLORIDA INTO GEORGIA, THE WINDS AND RAINS STILL CAUSED DESTRUCTION. OUR TRAMPOLINE IS TRY GOING TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE HOUSE. IDALIA MIGHT ALSO LASHING SOUTH CAROLINA WITH DANGEROUS STORM SURGE, TURNING ROADS INTO RIVERS AND CHARLESTON AS SURF CRASHED OVER SEAWALLS. COASTAL FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED IN PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE IDALIA COULD DROP AS MUCH AS EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN THROUGHOUT THURSDAY. OUR RESPONSE TEAMS HERE IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER ARE TRACKING THIS STORM AND PREPARING AROUND THE CLOCK IDALIA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS WAY OUT TO THE ATLANTIC LATER TODAY IN CAROLINA BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA. I'M CAROLINE

Channel: FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth

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Keywords: Idalia, Hurricane Idalia, hurricane, hurricanes

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Length: 1min 59sec (119 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 31 2023