Hurricane Idalia strengthens into a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds

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EDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Idalia strengthened to a Category 2 storm with 100 mph (155 kph) winds on Tuesday as it barreled toward Florida’s Gulf Coast.

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orecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Idalia is expected to become a major hurricane Tuesday night before it reaches the Big Bend, where the Florida Panhandle curves into the peninsula, and is still likely to be a hurricane while moving across southern Georgia on Wednesday.

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uthorities warned residents of vulnerable areas along the Gulf Coast to pack up and leave to escape the twin threats of high winds and

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