Abundant warm ocean waters caused Hurricane Idalia to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane before striking the Gulf Coast of Florida and bringing significant impacts Credit: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East - Geocolor CompositeEditor’s Note (8/30/23): At 7:45 A.M. EDT on Wednesday, Hurricane Idalia made landfall near Keaton Beach in Florida’s Big Bend as a strong Category 3
