Hurricane Idalia came ashore at am EDT GMT at Keaton Beach an oceanfront community of people in Taylor County about miles southeast of Tallahassee the state capital . By am EDT maximum sustained winds had ebbed to mph the maximum strength of a Category storm the National Hurricane Centre NHC in Miami said .
By midmorning a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather monitoring station in Steinhatchee miles south of Keaton showed waters reaching feet well above the foot flood stage . Surge warnings were posted for hundreds of miles of shoreline from Sarasota to the western end of Apalachicola Bay .
In some areas the surge could rise as high as feet the NHC said . It was the fourth major strike in Florida in the past seven years following Hurricane Michael in Michael in September and Ian in Ian which peaked at Category last September and peaked at last September in September .
US President Biden said he and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis were in constant contact about storm preparations at the White House on Tuesday . The storm is expected to hit the Florida Keys and parts of Georgia and South Carolina on Wednesday morning and could see four to eight inches of rain through Thursday with isolated areas seeing as much as a foot of rain the hurricane centre warned .
State emergency declarations have been issued in all three states . The US Federal Emergency Management Agencies were ready to assess storm damage once Idalia passes. It has been a very busy hurricane season. It was a very active hurricane season . The storms are expected to affect the Florida coastline.
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