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DeSantis tells Floridians to seek higher ground as Idalia barrels toward the state
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1:32Now PlayingHurricane Idalia strengthened on Tuesday (August 29) as it lumbered toward Florida's Gulf Coast, where officials ordered evacuations and urged millions of residents to brace for a possible major Category 3 tempest to make landfall on Wednesday.
Idalia was expected to attain major-hurricane status - with sustained winds topping at least 111 miles per hour (179 kph) - on Wednesday morning before slamming ashore later in the day, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Most of Florida's 21 million residents, along with those in the southern parts of Georgia and South Carolina, are under hurricane, tropical storm, and storm surge warnings and advisories.
Authorities said Idalia's chief threat to human life stemmed from surging walls of seawater that would be driven inland by high winds, inundating low-lying coastal areas
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