The 11 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center said Idalia is now expected to be an extremely dangerous Cat 4 storm when it makes landfall Wednesday in Florida, and stay a Cat 1 hurricane as it scrapes the Georgia, Carolina coast.
WYFF News 4 Chief Meteorologist Chris Justus said Hurricane Idalia gaining steam Tuesday night in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico before slamming Florida, then scraping the Georgia and Carolina coastline.