U.S. airlines on Wednesday canceled more than 900 flights as a result of the arrival of the highly dangerous Hurricane Idalia, according to flight tracking site FlightAware.
According to the BBC, the FlightAware, a traffic tracking website, said Southwest Airlines canceled more than 200 flights, while Delta Air Lines canceled 148 flights, and American Airlines canceled 98 flights, and also postponed about 795 flights.
Airports in the cities of Tampa, Clearwater and Tallahassee canceled flights and commercial operations before Adalya’s arrival.
Imaginary design of Hurricane Edalia that hit Florida - Source: Natural disasters Twitter account
Hurricane Adalia hits the coast of Florida
Earlier in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported that Hurricane Adalia hit the Florida coast.
Just wanted to give you an update that we are all safe where we live in SW Florida. Even though Hurricane Adalia hit landfall at the panhandle we did get a lot of rain and winds. Our pool flooded but thank God our house is ok. And It’s still raining 💦 pic.twitter.com/qfSlhLDQbe
— ꧁♛𝓑𝓵✯𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓮𝓼♛꧂ (@heyitsmeCarolyn) August 30, 2023
According to meteorologists, Cyclone Idalia is now moving at 30 kilometers per hour, with winds reaching 205 kilometers per hour.
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“We have a large number of rescue and emergency teams in Florida to deal with Hurricane Idalia,” the US Emergency Service said, according to a breaking news story aired by Cairo News Channel a short while ago.
Hurricane Adalia is crossing I-10 east of Tallahassee… Winds are now 110 MPH pic.twitter.com/M9CKMVOHLm
— James Spann (@spann) August 30, 2023
Earlier, the US National Hurricane Center announced that Tropical Storm “Idalia” is on its way since Tuesday morning towards Florida, while local authorities urged residents to finish their preparations and quickly evacuate from their homes in low-lying areas along the coast of Tampa Bay with warnings that the storm will hit the state within days as a major and potentially life-threatening hurricane.
With the current preparations in Florida, Adalia hit Cuba with heavy rains that have greatly affected the western part of the island, where the province of Pinar del Rio is still recovering from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Ian almost a year ago.
