Georgia's coast is still under a Hurricane Warning, with tropical storm-force winds extending outward from the eye of the storm. By late evening hours, most of the wind will have shifted northward to South Carolina as Idalia cruises up East Coast and out into the Atlantic Ocean toward Bermuda. Many counties in Georgia are under Flash Flood Warnings.

From space, Georgia's coast is pictured under a Hurricane Warning on Aug. 30, 2023, with tropical storm-force winds extending outward from the eye of the storm. By late evening hours, most of the wind will have shifted northward to South Carolina as Idalia cruises up East Coast and out into the Atlantic Ocean toward Bermuda. Many counties in Georgia are under Flash Flood Warnings.

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