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• Hurricane Idalia is getting stronger, churning northward in the Gulf

  29-08-2023 17:01 via cbsnews.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Idalia became a hurricane on Tuesday, threatening to bring deadly storm surge and dangerous winds to Florida's Gulf Coast after lashing Cuba with heavy rain.A day earlier, Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast to prepare for a storm that the National Hurricane Center projected could have sustained winds of up to 120 mph. That would make it a Category 3 hurricane — a potentially big blow to a state s
  
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• Idalia strengthens to a hurricane; Dangerous storm surges forecast for Florida's Gulf Coast

  29-08-2023 15:15 via cbsnews.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Idalia became a hurricane on Tuesday, threatening to bring deadly storm surge and dangerous winds to Florida's Gulf Coast after lashing Cuba with heavy rain.A day earlier, Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast to prepare for a storm that the National Hurricane Center projected could have sustained winds of up to 120 mph. That would make it a Category 3 hurricane — a potentially big blow to a state s
  
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• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces Black leaders' anger after racist killings in Jacksonville

  29-08-2023 14:22 via cbsnews.com
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Ron DeSantis scoffed when the NAACP issued a travel advisory this spring warning Black people to use "extreme care" if traveling to Florida.The leading civil rights group argued that the state's loose gun laws and the Republican governor's "anti-woke" campaign to deny the existence of systemic racism created a culture of "open hostility towards African Americans and people of color."Just three months later, DeSantis is leading his state through the aftermath of a r
  
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• Idalia could become a hurricane at any time as it lingers near western Cuba

  29-08-2023 05:05 via cbsnews.com
  
  ATLANTA (WUPA) -- The National Hurricane Center says that what is now Tropical Storm Idalia could become a hurricane at any time now as it lingers near the western tip of Cuba.Storm Surge Warnings and Hurricane Warnings have been issued for the west coast of Florida, including all of Tampa Bay ahead of what will soon be Hurricane Idalia. The Hurricane Center says life-threatening storm surges and dangerous winds are becoming increasingly likely for portions of the Sunshine State as soon as Tuesd
  
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• Tropical Storm Idalia almost a hurricane as it approaches western Cuba

  29-08-2023 02:02 via cbsnews.com
  
  ATLANTA (WUPA) -- The National Hurricane Center says that what is now Tropical Storm Idalia is approaching hurricane strength as it gets closer to the western tip of Cuba.Storm Surge Warnings and Hurricane Warnings have been issued for the west coast of Florida, including all of Tampa Bay ahead of what will soon be Hurricane Idalia. The Hurricane Center says life-threatening storm surges and dangerous winds are becoming increasingly likely for portions of the Sunshine State as soon as Tuesday, a
  
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• Tropical Storm Idalia nearing hurricane strength as it approaches western Cuba

  29-08-2023 00:11 via cbsnews.com
  
  ATLANTA (WUPA) -- The National Hurricane Center says that what is now Tropical Storm Idalia is approaching hurricane strength as it gets closer to the western tip of Cuba.Storm Surge Warnings and Hurricane Warnings have been issued for the west coast of Florida, including all of Tampa Bay ahead of what will soon be Hurricane Idalia. The Hurricane Center says life-threatening storm surges and dangerous winds are becoming increasingly likely for portions of the Sunshine State as soon as Tuesday, a
  
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