Emergency operations were suspended in Wakulla County as Idalia brought sustained tropical storm force winds, Lt. Jeffrey Yarbrough said on Wednesday morning.

Idalia made landfall in Keaton Beach at 7:45 a.m. as an extremely powerful Category 3 storm.

Yarbrough said there are around 8,000 people without power in the county.

“Until the storm passes, we’re not going to be able to get out to really respond to any of these (calls for service),” Yarbrough said. “It’s just unsafe to have emergency vehicles out in this weather.”

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