Flood waters from Hurricane Idalia inundate Steinhatchee, Florida
Tropical storm Idalia has left three people dead across Florida and Georgia as it continues to hammer North Carolina with heavy flooding.
Idalia ploughed into Florida as a Category 3 Hurricane on Wednesday morning before losing power as it moved inland through Georgia and the Carolinas.
Florida Highway Patrol said two men were killed in two separate weather-related road accidents on Wednesday morning. In Georgia, a man was killed by a falling tree while trying to clear another tree off a highway.
However on Thursday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said that no hurricane-related fatalities had been reported to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
Tropical Storm Idalia continues to lose power as it moves into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, the National Weather Service reported. However areas of flash, urban and moderate river flooding, with considerable impacts, are expected from eastern South Carolina through eastern North Carolina.
