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Homes Leveled, Flood Water Rescues: 33 Photos Of Idalia's Destruction

Photos show the devastation of Hurricane Idalia's path across Florida and into Georgia. Homes were leveled or swamped with storm surge.

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Pickup trucks and debris are strewn in a canal in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, after the passage of Hurricane Idalia, Wednesday, August 30, 2023.
Pickup trucks and debris are strewn in a canal in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, after the passage of Hurricane Idalia, Wednesday, August 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

FLORIDA — On Thursday, Hurricane Idalia had already barreled through the Carolinas and was offshore in the Atlantic Ocean, but the devastation it left behind in Florida will take months to repair.

Idalia made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida early Wednesday morning as a high-end Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds near 125 mph. Later in the day, when it crossed into Georgia, top wind speeds clocked in at 150 mph.

According to Gov. Ron DeSantis, no hurricane-related deaths were reported in Florida yet, but the Florida Highway Patrol reported two fatal crashes due to bad weather conditions.

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Idalia even spawned a tornado that briefly touched down in Charleston, South Carolina, the National Weather Service revealed.

Check out the latest photo updates of Hurricane Idalia's impact on Florida, below.

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In this photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, the remains of a destroyed home built atop a platform on piles are seen in Keaton Beach, Florida, following the passage of Hurricane Idalia on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
The remains of damaged homes are seen in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, after the passage of Hurricane Idalia, Wednesday, August 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A displaced building sits alongside flooding littered with debris from other buildings, in Horseshoe Beach, Forida, after the passage of Hurricane Idalia, Wednesday, August 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A roof lies amidst trees on the outskirts of Horseshoe Beach, Florida, after the passage of Hurricane Idalia, Wednesday, August 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Jewell Baggett walks amidst debris strewn across the yard where her mother’s home had stood, as she searches for anything salvageable from the trailer home her grandfather had acquired in 1973 and built multiple additions on to over the decades, in Horseshoe Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A set of concrete steps carried by storm waters from another building sits amidst the wreckage of a home originally owned by the late grandparents of Jewell Baggett, who was searching through the debris to recover any salvageable possessions for her mother, who was left homeless by the storm, in Horseshoe Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A man wades up Sea Mountain Highway in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Wednesday. (Jason Lee/The Sun News via AP)
A car plunged into flood waters on Ocean Boulevard in North Myrtle Beach. (Jason Lee/The Sun News via AP)
A pickup truck with an American flag tied to it sits halfway into a canal in Horseshoe Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Debris from destroyed buildings chokes a canal in Horseshoe Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
This combination of satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies shows a portion of the Big Bend area, in Florida, on January 12, 2023, and the same area, right, August 30, 2023, after Tropical Storm Idalia caused flooding to the area.
In this photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, an evacuated flooded RV park is seen near Keaton Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
This aerial photo shows homes surrounded by floodwaters in Steinhatchee, Florida. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)
City of Tallahassee lineman Chris Nowell surveys a scene where a tree fell across the road onto a parked car in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia in Tallahassee, Florida, Wednesday, August 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)
In this photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, a damaged gas station is seen in Perry, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
In this photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, a road cuts through a flooded area south of Perry, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Debris is littered around the damaged Regency Inn Perry in Perry, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
In this photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, a road cuts through uninhabited terrain south of Perry, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Abby Bentley, right, and her father Jim Bentley visit the north beach of Tybee Island to see the effects of Hurricane Idalia along the coast, Wednesday, August 30, 2023, in Tybee Island, Georgia. (Stephen B. Morton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
In this photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, receding storm waters surround homes in Keaton Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
In this photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, a destroyed home is seen in Keaton Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Trees and power lines block city streets Wednesday, August 30, 2023, in Perry, Florida, in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
A family braves the rain as bands of rain from Hurricane Idalia move through the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on Wednesday. All four of Disney's Florida theme parks operated with normal hours as Idalia's main impact was further north in the Big Bend area of the state. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
Rescue workers with Tidewater Disaster Response wade through a tidal surge on SW 358 Highway while looking for people in need of help after the Steinhatchee River flooded on Wednesday in Steinhatchee, Florida. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Daniel Dickert wades through water after the Steinhatchee River flooded on Wednesday in Steinhatchee, Florida. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Residents of Twin City Mobile Home Park, a manufactured home community in flood zone A, navigate through the neighborhood in high waters on Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Jennifer Glenfield/AP)
Residents of Twin City Mobile Home Park, a manufactured home community in flood zone A, navigate through the neighborhood in high waters in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Jennifer Glenfield/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Water from the Hillsborough River rises onto Plant parkk at University of Tampa, Florida, in downtown as Hurricane Idalia approaches the Big Bend region on Wednesday. (Ivy Ceballo/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Sam Caudle, 33, of New Port Richey, attempts to dry the floor of the home he owns in Tarpon Springs, Florida, after it flooded. (Ivy Ceballo/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Members of the National Guard prepare their equipment in Mayo, Florida, as they wait for instructions on where to respond, after the passage of Hurricane Idalia, Wednesday, August 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Zeke Pierce rides his paddle board down the middle of a flooded Bayshore Blvd in downtown in Tampa, Florida on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
People kayak past an abandon vehicle in the intersection of Boca Ciega Drive and Pasadena Avenue Wednesday, Augist 30, 2023 in St. Pete Beach, Florida. (Chris Urso/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
The Associated Press contributed to this post.

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