Hurricane became a category 4 storm around 5 a.m. on Wednesday ahead of its predicted landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida.
As of 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Hurricane Idalia was located at 29.1 degrees longitude and 84.1 degrees latitude.
It had maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour and was moving north northeast at 18 miles an hour.
Here is the latest projected path:
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