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Hurricane Idalia is currently in the southern Gulf of Mexico moving northward. It is projected to rapidly intensify to major hurricane status before making landfall on the Gulf Coast of northwestern Florida on Wednesday. Life threatening storm surge conditions are expected to occur along the Florida Gulf coast, exacerbated by seasonal king tide conditions.

Tropical storm conditions are also expected for the southeast US by Wednesday into Thursday, including northeastern Florida, southeastern Georgia, and the Carolinas.

Here is the Current Advisory /En Español Aqui as of 8/29/23 5:00 AM.

Check your local weather or emergency management agency for more specific information where you are.

Forecasts, Predictions, and Watches/Warnings:

Preparedness & Planning

College students should check out their university’s emergency alert system - if you’re not signed up to get notices, you should!

Useful links on: hurricane preparedness, emergency kits, emergency supplies for your car.

Other things worth thinking about or getting:

  • General: A cooler. Fun/mental health stuff - books, games, etc. Cash. Weather radio and batteries. Flashlights > candles. Backup cell phone, laptop, or other batteries. Extra water. Hand sanitizer. Comfort items (a toddler’s blankie, the puppy’s favorite toy, your grandpa’s watch you can’t imagine losing).
  • Specialized: Transportation and assistive devices (think especially about children, pets, the elderly, people with disabilities).
  • Cars: Gas. Window breaker/seatbelt cutter.

Safety:

  • Check your smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector batteries!
  • Watch out for downed power lines. Never assume it is dead. Avoid it.
  • Assume floodwaters are deeper than they look. Turn around, don’t drown.
  • Learn your flood and evacuation zones!
  • Food safety from the FDA and USDA.
  • If your home floods and you need to go up, head for the roof. Keep an ax in your attic to get out that way if you need it.
  • Be aware of potential 911 delays.
  • Evacuate! If you can, check on people you know to see if they need help evacuating if you can offer it or put them in touch with someone who can.

Documentation:

  • Bring it with you.
  • Store it in a plastic bag to they are together and stay dry.
  • House deed/rental agreement/lease.
  • Insurance information (home, car, renters, medical, flood).
  • Identification (ID card/driver’s license, passport, Social Security card, marriage/birth certificates).
  • Take photographs of your home before you evacuate and when you return. Good documentation of the damage may help if you need to file an aid or insurance claim.

For long-term preparedness, check out CERT training information.

Evacuation

College Information We’ll be updating this list as we get information.

Florida

School Update Source
Florida CLOSED through 8/30
Florida State CLOSED on 8/30
UCF Monitoring, will provide update 2 PM 8/29
USF CLOSED through 8/30
UTampa CLOSED through 8/30
New College of Florida CLOSED through 8/30
FAMU CLOSED on 8/30
UNF CLOSED through 8/30
Florida Poly Monitoring, will update
Jacksonville CLOSED on 8/30, virtual 8/29 and 8/31
Florida Southern CLOSED starting at 4 p.m. on 8/29, full closure on 8/30

Georgia

School Update Source

South Carolina

School Update Source

North Carolina

School Update Source

Virginia

School Update Source

Alabama

School Update Source

Games Impacted

We’ll be updating this list as we get information

Home Team Away team Game Time (ET) Changes