Photos: Florida braces for Hurricane Idalia

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Hurricane Idalia preps 230828-N-YD641-001 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 28, 2023) Culinary Specialist (CS) 2nd Class Juan Rios shovels sand as CS2 Peter Angelade holds the sandbags open to fill at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Aug. 28. The station has 6,000 bags ready to be filled to help prevent water intrusion from Hurricane Idalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Riggs/Released)

Hurricane Idalia preps 230828-N-YD641-002 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 28, 2023) Culinary Specialist (CS) 2nd Class Juan Rios shovels sand as CS2 Peter Angelade holds the sandbags open to fill at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Aug. 28. The station has 6,000 bags ready to be filled to help prevent water intrusion from Hurricane Idalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Riggs/Released)

Hurricane Idalia preps PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA - AUGUST 29: Antonio Floyd places sandbags in a pickup truck at the Helen S. Howarth Community Park ahead of the possible arrival of Hurricane Idalia on August 29, 2023 in Pinellas Park, Florida. Hurricane Idalia is forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast of Florida on Wednesday morning. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Hurricane Idalia preps PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA - AUGUST 29: Loemys Rivera-Valentin and her children D'Angelo Gabriel Abreu-Suarez (C) and Zaelys Loemys Robles-Rivera fill sandbags at the Helen S. Howarth Community Park ahead of the possible arrival of Hurricane Idalia on August 29, 2023 in Pinellas Park, Florida. Hurricane Idalia is forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast of Florida on Wednesday morning. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Hurricane Idalia preps INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, FLORIDA - AUGUST 29: (L-R) Steve Leitgeb and Michelle Fedeles place protective shutters over the openings at Coco's Crush Bar & Grill before the possible arrival of Hurricane Idalia on August 29, 2023 in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. Hurricane Idalia is forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast of Florida Wednesday morning. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Hurricane Idalia preps TAMPA, FLORIDA - AUGUST 28: Brooke Painter loads personal items into a van as she and her family evacuate their vacation rental ahead of the possible arrival of Hurricane Idalia on August 28, 2023 in Tampa, Florida. Tropical Storm Idalia is nearing hurricane strength and is forecast to become a hurricane as it tracks toward the Gulf Coast of Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Hurricane Idalia preps PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA - AUGUST 29: Vinell Chambers (L) and Antonio Floyd fill sandbags at the Helen S. Howarth Community Park ahead of the possible arrival of Hurricane Idalia on August 29, 2023 in Pinellas Park, Florida. Hurricane Idalia is forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast of Florida on Wednesday morning. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Tropical Weather Garry Sears, 78, collects fallen pecans from his pecan tree on Monday, Aug 28, 2023, near his collectible 1953 Ford sedan which he has elevated to keep out of storm surge. Sears, who said he had four inches of water in his Florida room during Tropical Storm Eta, in November 2020, is anticipating as much surge from Tropical Storm Idalia which intensified early Monday and is expected to become a major hurricane before it reaches Florida's Gulf coast. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP) (Douglas R. Clifford/AP)

August 29, 2023 at 10:41 am PDT

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