VIDEO: Hurricane Idalia Hits Florida Hard as it Makes Landfall

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As many are well-aware of by now, Florida becomes particularly vulnerable to tropical storms and hurricanes during the late summer and early fall months.

This year, the state was hit with one of the most destructive storms yet — Hurricane Idalia, a category 4 hurricane that made landfall on Florida’s west coast.

The particular area in Florida that was affected by this storm was the lightly populated Big Bend region.

This event caused an unprecedented amount of damage due to its severity and rarity in this part of the state.

Before we explore how much destruction Hurricane Idalia really caused, it’s important to understand how hurricanes are categorized based on their wind speeds and estimated damage potential.

All hurricanes start off at a category 3 rating — anything stronger than that is considered more severe and capable of causing greater destruction.

Last year, Florida experienced a category 5 hurricane, Hurricane Ian, which had winds only 2mph shy of being classified as such.

Category 4 hurricanes are described as being able to completely upend trees and power polls causing long-term power outages and rendering areas uninhabitable for weeks or even months at a time due to destroyed homes and structures.

When Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Big Bend its sheer strength quickly became apparent through videos captured by storm chasers such as Dr. Reed Timmer who reported from Cedar Key, Florida right along the coastline before retreating to his shelter due to worsening storm surge conditions.

In fact this is something which could be heard in his commentary over the sound of strong westerlies brought by the hurricane itself.

Another video showed structural damage done by Idalia including blown out doors at condo complexes while Aaron Jayjack reported trees down with power lines cut near Perry and Salem after his rear view mirror blew away from him during penetration into the eye wall between these two cities.

 

Video and picture evidence of Idalia’s destruction shows just how amazing yet dangerous mother nature can really be.

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