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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe in Miami and Erum Salam

Hurricane Idalia closes in on Florida with warnings of 125mph winds

Havana, the capital of Cuba, on Monday, lashed by rain from tropical storm Idalia. The storm became a category 1 hurricane overnight.
Havana, the capital of Cuba, on Monday, lashed by rain from Tropical Storm Idalia. The storm became a category 1 hurricane overnight. Photograph: Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA

A rapidly intensifying Hurricane Idalia was closing in on Florida’s Gulf coast on Tuesday as residents in more than a dozen counties rushed to evacuate amid warnings of a life-threatening storm surge and destructive 125mph winds.

Landfall of the first major hurricane to strike the US this year was expected early on Wednesday, following Idalia’s north-easterly march through the Gulf of Mexico from Cuba.

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