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Hurricane, Tropical Storm and Storm Surge Watches have been issued for parts of Florida as the state prepares for potential landfall of Idalia.
Idalia is expected to continue intensifying and make landfall as a major hurricane along Florida’s Gulf Coast later this week.
Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 33 counties to ensure communities have the resources they need ahead of the storm’s arrival.
FOX Weather has put together a live tracker of the latest data on Idalia as it churns toward Florida here.
With Idalia threatening, millions of people in Florida could be asked by local governments to head to higher ground and evacuate ahead of the potential hurricane.
Check here for an interactive map where you can type in an address to see if your home or business falls in an evacuation zone and find the nearest exit route.
Franklin strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane early Monday morning and will pass several hundred miles off the mid-Atlantic coast.
The FOX Forecast Center says the Southeast and mid-Atlantic coasts will likely experience big swells and rip currents through the Labor Day weekend, but the forecast remains that the storm will not make landfall in the U.S.
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