Video footage and photographs from the region around Idalia's landfall showed ocean waters washing over highways and neighbourhoods swamped by extensive flooding as residents inspected the damage.
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People used paddle boards to get around as flood waters poured over the sea wall along Old Tampa Bay, in Tampa. Storm surges rose as high as five metres in some places. Some counties implemented curfews to keep residents off roads. Police officers blocked traffic into the coastal community of more than 500 residents known for fishing and foresting industries.State officials, 5,500 National Guardsmen and rescue crews were in search-and-recovery mode, inspecting bridges, clearing toppled trees and looking for anyone in distress.
At least 75 people were rescued from floodwaters in St Petersburg, municipal officials said on social media, with video showing two emergency workers in a small boat plying submerged streets through heavy rains.The system remained a hurricane as it crossed into Georgia with top winds of 150 kph, after drenching Florida mostly to the east of Tallahassee, Florida's capital. Forecasters said it would punish the Carolinas overnight as a tropical storm.
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