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Tybee Island, Ga., resident Bryan Moore helps his friend board up his house on the island, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, ahead of Hurricane Idalia. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Idalia is expected to become a major hurricane Tuesday night before it reaches the Big Bend — where the Florida Panhandle curves into the peninsula — and is still likely to be a hurricane while moving across southern Georgia on Wednesday, Aug. 30. (Stephen B. Morton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Hurricane Idalia strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm Wednesday morning as it steamed toward Florida’s Big Bend region and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall.
Originally published at Associated Press