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Hurricane Idalia is forecast to strengthen rapidly into “an extremely dangerous major hurricane” before hitting the Gulf Coast on Wednesday and sweeping across North Central and Northeast Florida. That means the inland counties of the News4JAX viewing area, including Baker, Alachua and Columbia will likely get the brunt of Idalia’sContinue Reading

The Flagler County Emergency Management opened its call center Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Idalia. “A team of staff began manning the phone lines at 8 a.m. and they will answer calls 24/7 for the duration of Hurricane Idalia’s impact on Flagler County,” said Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord. The CallContinue Reading

As Idalia heads toward Florida, Clay County Emergency Management officials are anticipating storm effects in the county late Tuesday evening into early Wednesday morning. Local effects will be upwards of 4-6 inches of rain, tropical storm winds, and hurricane gusts. The county warns residents to expect downed trees and powerlines,Continue Reading

Days after a 12-year-old girl died from bullets fired into her Lake City home, the Lake City Police Department announced the arrest of a 14-year-old boy in connection with her murder. Police said the girl was sitting on a couch when she was shot around 9 p.m. Thursday. Officers andContinue Reading

St. Johns County is expected to feel the effects of Hurricane Idalia on Wednesday morning. The county is providing free sandbags starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday until weather permits at six locations throughout the county. The county said community members must provide their own transportation and shovels and will beContinue Reading

Duval County schools will be closed for three days and shelters will open at 12 p.m. Tuesday as Jacksonville prepares for the impact of Hurricane Idalia, Mayor Donna Deegan said. Deegan declared a local state of emergency and said residents of Northeast Florida should prepare for hurricane-strength conditions. All JacksonvilleContinue Reading

Jacksonville is under a local state of emergency as Hurricane Idalia approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast. The city is asking everyone to prepare now before the storm makes landfall. JEA’s CEO sent out a video Tuesday morning outlining the work crews are doing before the storm to be ready to helpContinue Reading

As Hurricane Idalia approaches, Nassau County issued an evacuation order, effective at 8 a.m. Tuesday, for power-dependent special needs individuals and those living in flood-prone structures, vulnerable structures and mobile homes. A shelter will open at 8 a.m. Tuesday at Wildlight Elementary, 550 Curiosity Ave, Yulee, FL 32097. This shelterContinue Reading

Idalia became a hurricane on Tuesday as it intensified on a path toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, with the National Hurricane Center warning of an increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and dangerous hurricane-force winds in Florida in the next two days. At 5 a.m. the center of Hurricane Idalia wasContinue Reading