The Big Bend usually does not see direct hits from hurricanes, leading to the National Weather Service in Tallahassee to call the storm 'unprecedented.'
Idalia directly struck the unincorporated area of Keaton Beach, about 22 miles south of the city of Perry and 20 miles north of the coastal town of Steinhatchee.A destroyed gas station in Perry, Florida
The town sits at the mouth of the Steinhatchee River, which saw devastating flooding occur only minutes after the storm approached the mainland. At 7.30am, the Steinhatchee River was .83 feet higher than its average its stage, or reference height. By 7.45am, that height had swelled to 2.49 feet higher than average. Just an hour later, the NWS recorded water levels of 8.02 feet higher than average.
Videos from Steinhatchee appear to show flooding so severe that individual buildings were turned into islands in the surging river waters.Rescue workers search the flooded streets of Steinhatchee The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported tidal waters a total of 6.8 feet higher than the normal on the island of Cedar Key, a small community that was evacuated by state order on Monday.
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