Hurricane Idalia flooding along Florida Gulf Coast

Hurricane Idalia caused flooding in downtown Fort Myers.

Storm surge caused by Hurricane Idalia led to streets being flooded in and around Matlacha, near Pine Island.

Hurricane Idalia flooding at the Sarasota Bayfront on Aug. 30, 2023.

A video of overnight flooding from Hurricane Idalia at Holmes Beach provided by the Holmes Beach Police Department on Wednesday.

Makatla Ritchter (L) and her mother, Keiphra Line wade through flood waters after having to evacuate their home when the flood waters from Hurricane Idalia inundated it on Aug. 30, 2023 in Tarpon Springs, Fla. Hurricane Idalia is hitting the Big Bend area of Florida.

Chris Bodue paddles through his flooded neighborhood from Hurricane Idalia in Tarpon Springs, Florida on August 30, 2023.

Cars sit in flood waters from Hurricane Idalia after it passed offshore on Aug. 30, 2023 in Tarpon Springs, Fla.

Ken and Tina Kruse stand next to their apartment after the area flooded from Hurricane Idalia in Tarpon Springs, Florida on August 30, 2023.

Street flooding on Siesta Key along Beach Road Wednesday morning. County officials note that the water level could rise another two feet by 11 a.m.

Vehicles sit in a flooded street caused by Hurricane Idalia passing offshore on Aug. 30, 2023 in St. Petersburg, Fla.. Hurricane Idalia is hitting the Big Bend area of Florida.

In an aerial view, a fire is seen as flood waters inundate the downtown area after Hurricane Idalia passed offshore on Aug. 30, 2023 in Tarpon Springs, Fla.. Hurricane Idalia is hitting the Big Bend area of Florida.

A boardwalk at the Clearwater Harbor Marina in Clearwater, Fla., is flooded by the rising tide on Aug. 30, 2023, after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. Idalia barreled into the northwest Florida coast as a powerful Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday morning, the US National Hurricane Center said.

This photo provided by FDOT shows flooded interstate 275 Over Tampa Bay, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Hurricane Idalia steamed toward Florida’s Big Bend region as a dangerous Category 4 storm Wednesday morning, threatening deadly storm surges and destructive winds in an area not accustomed to such pummeling.

Two trucks pass each other along Gulf Shore Boulevard South near 13th Avenue South as the outer bands of Hurricane Idalia flood the street in Naples on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023.

Rusty Chinnis captured this drone image of high tide street flooding late Tuesday morning at Longboat Village on the northern tip of Longboat Key. The view is to the south, Shore Restaurant is building in the upper left of the photo.

Hurricane Idalia damage at O’Leary’s Tiki Bar & Grill on the Sarasota Bayfront on Aug. 30, 2023.