Florida is bracing for a hurricane to strike as soon as Wednesday as a storm crossing the Gulf of Mexico builds, promising to bring flooding rain to Cuba, Mexico and the southeastern US.
The system, still a tropical depression as of 8 a.m. in New York, is forecast to reach hurricane strength by Tuesday as it moves north from near Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has urged residents to prepare and declared an emergency in 33 counties mostly along the state’s Gulf coast.
“There’s a notable risk of rapid intensification while the system moves across the record warm eastern and northeastern Gulf of Mexico,” he wrote. A year ago, Hurricane Ian had a burst of strength before striking western Florida as a Category 4 storm, killing at least 150 people and causing more than $112 billion in damage, the hurricane center said.The Atlantic storm season is well ahead of its historic pace and has entered its most active phase. Idalia would be the 10th storm of the year, including an unnamed system in January, a tally that’s usually reached by Sept. 22, according to the Hurricane Center.
Idalia is expected to stay in the eastern Gulf, away from offshore oil and natural gas production. However it may affect agriculture across the South, as well as bringing widespread power outages, and tying up land and air travel.
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