Weather & Science
Florida Starts to Recover as Idalia Rain Batters North Carolina
- Storm to bring flooding to Carolinas on path toward Atlantic
- DeSantis expresses relief there were no reported fatalities
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Florida has started to dig out from the aftermath of Idalia, which weakened to a tropical storm even as it brought heavy rain across Georgia and the Carolinas.
While the hurricane caused billions of dollars in damage, left hundreds of flights grounded and thousands without power, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis expressed relief that it didn’t cause any known deaths.