TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — As of 5pm EDT, Idalia has weakened to a tropical storm with winds of 70 mph. Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 storm near Keaton Beach in Taylor County Wednesday morning.
Hurricane warnings for most local counties have been discontinued, along with coastal storm surge warnings that were issued by the National Hurricane Center and local National Weather Service offices.
Idalia is expected to move east-northeast as it moves through coastal South Carolina and into the Atlantic over the next 24 hours..
