MacDill AFB shuts down, Florida Guard preps as Hurricane Idalia bears down on state's Gulf Coast
Military and local officials across western Florida and into southern Georgia were preparing Tuesday for damaging wind and rains as Hurricane Idali...
Military and local officials across western Florida and into southern Georgia were preparing Tuesday for damaging wind and rains as Hurricane Idalia grew to a Category 1 hurricane and appeared poised to quickly strengthen ahead of landfall Wednesday. Officials at MacDill Air Force Base shared a brief video Tuesday showing an abandoned flightline at the Florida installation, which lies just south of the projected path of Idalia. 'The planes are gone. The people are gone. Everything is secured. MacDill is ready,' base officials wrote on a Facebook post one day after MacDill commander Col.