Idalia, a major hurricane headed straight for Florida’s Gulf Coast, is expected to make landfall Wednesday, causing travel chaos along the entire coast.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Idalia reached a maximum wind speed of 80 miles per hour Tuesday with stronger gusts as it moved northward into the Gulf of Mexico. Rapid intensification was forecast by impact, and Idalia was expected to become an extremely dangerous major hurricane before making landfall Wednesday.
Airlines provided travel waivers and canceled flights in advance of the storm, and one airport closed.
At 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, Tampa International Airport stopped all commercial activity and declared in a statement that it
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