Photos: See the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Idalia across Florida

The category 3 hurricane destroyed homes, submerged streets and downed powerlines

Last updated: August 31, 2023 | 07:45

Compiled by Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Jewell Baggett and her husband Brian Cunningham pick through the wreckage of the home built by Jewell's grandfather, where she grew up and three generations of her family lived, and which Hurricane Idalia had reduced to rubble, in Horseshoe Beach, Florida.

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People work to clear I-10 of fallen trees after Hurricane Idalia crossed the state.

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Hope Laird looks at the wreckage of a gas station near her home after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Perry, Florida.

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Fallen debris from trees litters yards after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Perry, Florida.

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A view of a vehicle partially submerged in a canal after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Horseshoe Beach, Florid.

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A police vehicle drives past a fallen palm tree after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Perry, Florida.

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Damaged buildings and docks are seen in Keaton Beach's marina, Florida.

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Jack Cook points to his shed that was swept roughly a quarter of a mile from where it once stood after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Horseshoe Beach, Florida.

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A view shows debris littered in a canal after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, US.

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Jewell Baguette, 51, sits on a bathtub amid the wreckage of the home built by her grandfather, where she grew up and three generations of her family lived, in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, US.

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A view of debris littered in a canal after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, US.

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Buddy Ellison, 39, surveys his now destroyed shrimping business after the arrival of Hurricane Idalia in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, US.

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