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Florida’s Gulf Coast prepares for approaching Tropical Storm Idalia

Florida residents are evacuating from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as forecasters predict that Tropical Storm Idalia will hit the state as a major hurricane by Wednesday.

By AP, Ivy Ceballo/Tampa Bay Times and NOAA

Aug. 28, 2023

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Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to become a major hurricane and hit the west coast of Florida later this week. Residents throughout Tampa Bay made preparations to fortify their homes and evacuate.
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Members of the Tampa, Fla., parks and Recreation Dept., help residents with sandbags Monday, Aug. 28, in Tampa, Fla. Residents along Florida's gulf coast are making preparations for the effects of Tropical Storm Idalia.
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Members of the Tampa, Fla., Parks and Recreation Dept., help residents with sandbags Monday, Aug. 28, in Tampa, Fla. Residents along Florida's gulf coast are making preparations for the effects of Tropical Storm Idalia.
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Members of the Tampa, Fla., Parks and Recreation Dept., help residents with sandbags Monday, Aug. 28, in Tampa, Fla. Residents along Florida's gulf coast are making preparations for the effects of Tropical Storm Idalia.
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Members of the Tampa, Fla., Parks and Recreation Dept., help residents load sandbags Monday, Aug. 28, in Tampa, Fla. Residents along Florida's gulf coast are making preparations for the effects of Tropical Storm Idalia.
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David Fuentes, 34, loads sandbags onto a truck bed, ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia's arrival, at MacFarlane Park in Tampa on Monday, Aug. 28.
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Members of the Tampa Parks and Recreation Dept., help residents with sandbags Monday, Aug. 28, in Tampa, Fla. Residents along Florida's gulf coast are making preparations for the effects of Tropical Storm Idalia.
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Owen Pope, a student at Eckerd College from Souths Carolina, packs his car after students were told to evacuate the campus Monday, Aug. 28, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Residents along Florida's gulf coast are making preparations for the effects of Tropical Storm Idalia.
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Motorists wait in line during sandbag distribution, ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia's arrival, at MacFarlane Park in Tampa, Fla., Monday, Aug. 28.

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