Hurricane Idalia is about to make landfall in the the Big Bend area of Florida as a Category 3 or 4 hurricane.
Category 4 hurricanes are monsters: they spawn tornadoes wrapped in rain, and winds of 130-156 mph. Water and power services could be out for months, with the hardest-hit places uninhabitable for weeks.
Hurricane Ian made landfall in September 2022 along the southwest Florida coast as a Category 4 storm. It killed 150 people and became the costliest storm on record in Florida.
[Graphic from the New York Times; information from TV news website KCRA].