Idalia Weakens Slightly to Category 3 as It Approaches Florida
- Storm set to make landfall Wednesday morning local time
- Hundreds of flights canceled as hurricane churns toward state
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Hurricane Idalia weakened slightly to Category 3 as it heads toward landfall on Florida’s west coast, where it still threatens to unleash catastrophic storm surge and damaging winds.
Idalia’s maximum sustained winds reached 125 miles (201 kilometers) per hour as it nears the state’s sparsely populated Big Bend region, the US National Hurricane Center said in an update at 7 a.m. Eastern time.