
Officials in Florida confirmed at least two people had died as a result of dangerous conditions from Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall Wednesday morning on Florida’s Gulf Coast as the Category 3 major hurricane, pummeling the Sunshine state with widespread flooding, “life threatening” storm surge and hurricane-force winds, with nearly 250,000 Florida homes and businesses without power. A 40-year-old man in Florida, whose name has not been publicly identified, died in Pasco County—which contains the city of Tampa—early Wednesday morning, after losing control of his vehicle while driving in the...