Hurricane Idalia ripped a 100-year-old oak tree in half and it fell on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' mansion.
The outage lasted about 10 seconds, as generators brought the lights back on.
As of noon, more than 250,000 households were without power, according to the Florida Public Service Commission.Videos from the coastal town of Steinhatchee by the mouth of a river showed flooding so intense thatThe hurricane weakened to a Category 1 storm as it headed toward Georgia, but authorities warned that it remained dangerous.
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