Aug 30, 2023
Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning August 30th around 745 AM EDT along the|Florida Big Bend near Keaton Beach as a category 3, with the inner core moving NE across the|Suwannee River Valley. The inner wind core of Idalia gradually weakened through the morning while,|heavily impacting Suwannee and Hamilton counties in NE Florida and Echols county SE Georgia as the|circulation tracked NE. Widespread tree, power line and structure damage occurred across Suwannee|and Hamilton counties,
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1126559). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Brantley County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.