Tropical Storm Idalia is heading back out to sea after leaving a trail of flooding and devastation throughout the Southeast. Idalia was a major hurricane when it roared ashore Wednesday in a remote…
PERRY, Fla. — Tropical Storm Idalia headed out to sea Thursday after thrashing parts of Florida and Georgia with punishing rains and destructive winds, leaving residents to begin the arduous process of clearing fallen trees, restoring power and picking through the debris of devastated homes.
Rescue and repair efforts were in full force in Florida’s remote Big Bend area, where Idalia roared ashore Wednesday as a major hurricane. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he planned to tour the area with federal emergency officials on Thursday. He noted that because the storm came ashore in the remote region where Florida’s Panhandle curves into the peninsula, Idalia was far less destructive than feared, providing only glancing blows to Tampa Bay and other more populated areas.
The storm was still a menace when it reached Valdosta, Georgia, about 80 miles inland. Nearly all of the 600 tarps that officials had set aside to cover damaged roofs had been claimed by Thursday morning, said Meghan Barwick, spokeswoman for surrounding Lowndes County. “I’ve had multiple people text me in Valdosta and say that city will not be the same once the cleanup is done,” Kemp said.
Preliminary data showed the Wednesday evening high tide reached just over 9.2 feet , more than 3 feet above normal and the fifth-highest reading in Charleston Harbor since records were first kept in 1899.
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