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Hurricane (Typhoon) — Suwannee, FL

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 1127287). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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