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Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas have been ordered to pack up and leave as Hurricane Idalia gained steam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and
CEDAR KEY, Fla. Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas were ordered to pack up and leave Tuesday as Hurricane Idalia gained steam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall.
The National Weather Service called Idalia “an unprecedented event” since no major hurricanes on record have ever passed through the bay abutting the Big Bend.