Idalia reached hurricane status early Tuesday morning and is expected to rapidly intensify into an "extremely dangerous" major hurricane before it hits the west coast of Florida Wednesday, National Hurricane
The current track has Idalia making landfall in the Big Bend region but the Tampa Bay area will see dangerous storm surge, high winds and inches of rain.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for dozens of counties over the weekend and prepositioned resources to provide immediate support for areas that will be impacted by Hurricane Idalia.