Deadly Tropical Storm Idalia floods parts of South Carolina, including Charleston, after pummeling Florida

Deadly Tropical Storm Idalia floods parts of South Carolina, including Charleston, after pummeling Florida

Editor’s Note: Affected by the storm? Use CNN’s lite site for low bandwidth. CNN  —  Idalia weakened to a tropical storm Wednesday evening as it dumped heavy rain, unleashed strong winds and knocked out power in parts of southern Georgia and the Carolinas, just hours after pummeling Florida’s west coast and inundating communities there with …

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Idalia is expected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane with dangerous rain, winds and storm surge

Idalia is expected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane with dangerous rain, winds and storm surge

CNN  —  Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen into a hurricane Monday and could bring potentially catastrophic winds, heavy rain and flooding to Florida’s Gulf Coast as a powerful Category 3 storm later this week, prompting evacuations and school closures in parts of the state. By Monday night, Idalia was “almost a hurricane” as …

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