Hurricane Idalia made landfall near Keaton Beach, Florida, in the Big Bend region on the morning of August 30, 2023, at approximately 7:45 a.m. ET. At landfall, it was a high-end Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of about 125 mph
. The storm caused significant storm surge flooding and wind damage along the coastal communities of Taylor, Dixie, and Levy Counties and affected areas inland including parts of Georgia and the Carolinas as it moved northeast
