Aug 30, 2023
Hurricane Idalia made landfall just to the north of the local area near Keaton Beach, FL in Taylor county in Florida's Big Bend as a category 3 hurricane and brought devastating storm surge and wind impacts all along the west Florida coast, especially in closer vicinity to the landfall area across the Nature Coast. Storm surge flooding reached into homes and businesses as far south as Lee county, and the surge inundation is the highest on record for the Cedar Key area.||County-by-County Impacts|
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1135401). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Highlands County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.