A video has emerged showing Florida residents in Sarasota preparing for Hurricane Idalia ahead of its expected landfall Wednesday morning.
Residents in Sarasota are making their own sandbags as strengthening Hurricane Idalia takes aim at Florida. aims for the state’s Gulf Coast and Panhandle.
The scenes come as the National Hurricane Center warns that Idalia, currently a Category 1 storm, is"forecast to be a major hurricane when it reaches the Gulf Coast of Florida Wednesday morning."
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