Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in US state of Florida
Washington/IBNS/UNI: Hurricane Idalia has made landfall in the US state of Florida as a dangerous category 3 storm with wind speeds of up to 125 miles per hour (201 kilometers per hour), the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday.
"NOAA Doppler radar imagery indicate that the eye of Idalia made landfall along the coast of the Florida Big Bend near Keaton Beach around 745 AM EDT (1145 UTC). Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that Idalia's maximum sustained winds were near 125 mph (205 km/h)," the NHC said in a statement.
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