Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Idalia makes landfall in Florida

Hurricane Idalia has made landfall in the US state of Florida bringing
with it flooding and winds of 125 miles an hour.

The storm strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane before making
landfall on Wednesday morning.

Officials are warning about life-threatening storm surges of 16 feet
as seawater is pushed inland from coastal areas.

More than 250,000 people are already without power and almost 1000
flights have been canceled.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says teams are ready to help.

In: "We've got.."
Out: "... power."
Dur: 9 seconds

http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0830idalia-santis.mp3

[ALT] Urban Search and Rescue teams are standing by to help. Here's
paramedic Maggie Castro.

In: "We can..."
Out: "... communities."
Dur: 26 seconds

http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0830idalia-castro.mp3