Watch: Hurricane Idalia: Residents return to find Florida Gulf coast town in ruins

Jewell Baggett, 51, sits on a bathtub amid the wreckage of the home built by her grandfather, where she grew up and three generations of her family lived, and which Hurricane Idalia had reduced to rubble, in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, U.S., August 30, 2023. "Mama didn’t have much, but God dammit, it was hers," Jewell said. Photo: REUTERS/Cheney

In the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia, residents in Horseshoe Beach, Florida on Wednesday (August 30), returned to a scene of devastation.

Idalia crashed ashore on Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 hurricane at Keaton Beach in Florida's Big Bend region, lashing the coast with sustained winds of up to 125 miles per hour (201 kph), accompanied by torrential rains and pounding surf.