Satellite images capture Hurricane Idalia’s flooding in Florida’s Big Bend

Satellite images show the damage in Florida’s Big Bend where Hurricane Idalia made landfall

The Category 3 storm made landfall near Keaton Beach with continual wind speeds topping 125 miles per hour prior to 8 a.m. Wednesday.

Idalia flooded streets, downed power lines, snapped trees, damaged houses and brought activity to a stop for a time Wednesday.

The Big Bend, which is amongst the most Idalia-battered locations of Florida, is where the peninsula combines into the Panhandle, simply southeast of the capital, Tallahassee, and well north of the Tampa city location.

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee stated the storm “an extraordinary occasion,” due to the fact that no significant cyclones on record have actually ever travelled through the bay abutting the Big Bend.

Shortly after landfall, water levels in the Steinhatchee River increased quickly– rising from 1 foot to 8 feet in simply an hour, the National Weather Service stated.

As of 8: 30 a.m., that suggested the river was 2 feet above significant flood phase, which is at 6 feet.

Before and after flooding in Crystal River, Fla.Before and after flooding in Ozello, Fla.

Before and after flooding in Ozello, Fla.