Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida's upper west coast and swept through the southeastern United States, causing Jacksonville, Savannah and Brunswick ports to close and Charleston Harbor ships to suspend operations.

According to data from the flight tracking website FlightAware, as of Wednesday afternoon, more than 1000 flights in the United States were canceled and more than 2000 flights were delayed. Of these, Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines were the most affected.

Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning along Florida's west coast, then moved inland toward the ports of Savannah and Charleston, a somewhat weakened but still powerful storm moving inland northeast, reaching Savannah in the evening and then Charleston, stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic Coast.

, according to foreign media reports, Florida and Georgia were also affected by Hurricane Idalia, where catastrophic floods also occurred. Amazon announced on August 30 that it would temporarily close some of its warehouses in both regions. In addition, U.S. retailers, including Target and Wal-Mart, have issued outage notices.

In an advisory on its website, Jaxport said: "The port is expected to reopen before the impact of the storm (Thursday), once the federal reopening security agreement is completed."

The Georgia Port Authority said Savannah's Garden City and Ocean Marine Terminals were closed at noon Wednesday. Ship operations are expected to resume on Thursday. Brunswick's termini-Colonel's Island and Mayor's Point-were both closed on Wednesday.

Charleston suspended boat activity at midday Wednesday, although all docks and gates at the port should be operating normally. The entire port is expected to resume normal operations on Thursday. Jaxport also said that once a federal security agreement is completed, the port will reopen after the storm's impact.

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