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Hurricane Idalia made landfall along Florida’s Big Bend along the Gulf Coast on Aug. 30, 2023 as a Category 3 storm with sustained winds at 125 mph.

Idalia pummeled Cuba with heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday, leaving the tobacco-growing province of Pinar del Rio underwater and many of its residents without power. (Aug. 30) (AP Video/Osvaldo Angulo)

Idalia was driving an intense storm surge and flooding for hundreds of miles after its Florida landfall as it roared across the Georgia border.

Here’s the latest for Wednesday August 30th: Hurricane Idalia gains strength en route to Florida; Residents told to leave ahead of storm; Attacks inside Ukraine and Russia; Hawaii trying to determine number of wildfire casualties. (AP Video Production:…

Here’s the latest for Wednesday August 30th: Hurricane Idalia gains strength en route to Florida; Residents told to leave ahead of storm; Attacks inside Ukraine and Russia; Hawaii trying to determine number of wildfire casualties. (AP Video Production:…

Russia has accused Ukraine of targeting six of its regions in what appeared to be the biggest drone attack on Russian soil since the start of the fighting. (Aug. 30)

Russia has accused Ukraine of targeting six of its regions in what appeared to be the biggest drone attack on Russian soil since the start of the fighting. (Aug.30)

An Air Seychelles plane carrying Israelis has returned to Tel Aviv after making an emergency stop in Saudi Arabia due to an electrical malfunction.

A man who grew up on the Neches River was searching the low water near Beaumont when he found five sunken ships.

Residents are preparing for Hurricane Idalia’s landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday as authorities urge vulnerable communities to leave.