Hurricane Season

The forecast continues for Idalia to strengthen into a major category 3 hurricane and make landfall early Wednesday somewhere across the Big Bend Coast of Florida.

Wakulla County Sheriff's Office is urging all of Wakulla residents to get ready.

Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to cause life-threatening storm surge in the area.

The National Hurricane Center has issued alerts for Florida counties ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Idalia. The cyclone is expected to intensify into a hurricane and is forecasted to strengthen into a major hurricane before making landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

The National Hurricane Center is now forecasting Idalia to be a major category 3 hurricane at landfall. The most likely area for landfall is from Tallahassee to Sarasota.

Leon County and the City of Tallahassee now have sandbags available to the public at more than half a dozen locations.

Current forecasts show the storm making landfall Wednesday, potentially near the Big Bend, but the cone of uncertainty extends across much of the Gulf Coast and Governor Ron DeSantis says hurricane prediction models aren’t a guarantee.

Tropical Depression Ten has now intensified into Tropical Storm Idalia. The NHC is forecasting landfall as a Category 1 hurricane (winds up to 90 mph) along the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

The declaration was made on Saturday and is intended to give communities as much time as possible to prepare for a impacts from a tropical system next week.

A disturbance in the Caribbean Sea that will be entering the Gulf of Mexico is prompting government officials to advise residents of the potential storm impacts they could face in the following days.