2023-08-30 08:57:01
Hurricane Idalia, which is approaching the southeastern coast of the United States this Wednesday, August 30, has been raised to category 3 and should go to level 4 before reaching Florida in the morning, the Center announced. American Hurricanes (NHC).
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Previously of intensity 2, “Idalia is a category 3 hurricane” on the Saffir-Simpson scale which includes 5, announced the NHC in a press release published at 6 a.m. GMT. “Further strengthening is expected and Idalia is expected to become a Category 4 hurricane before reaching the coast” Florida, he said.
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The warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico will likely further bolster Idalia, which is expected to reach an extremely dangerous Category 4 intensity before it even hits the Florida coast, with winds expected between 209 and 251 km/h, the NHC said.
Rise of water from 3 to 5 meters
Storm surges, causing water levels to rise 3 to 5 meters in some coastal areas, could cause disastrous flooding.
‘Very few people can survive being in the way of a major coastal flood and this storm will be deadly if we don’t get out of harm’s way and take it seriously’said the boss of the federal agency in charge of the response to natural disasters (Fema), Deanne Criswell.
Category 3 or higher storms on the Saffir-Simpson scale are considered major weather phenomena.
In Steinhatchee, a small town of a thousand people in northwest Florida, dozens of people were already preparing to evacuate on Tuesday evening.
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