At least one county in Florida has imposed an eight-hour curfew in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia.

Citrus County residents in evacuation zone A will be under a mandatory curfew starting at 10 p.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. Thursday, a local television reporter tweeted. 

The announcement comes as the now-tropical storm walloped the Sunshine State after it made landfall Wednesday morning. 

Nearly 430,000 customers are still without electricity in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, according to poweroutage.us.

The three Southern states have faced the brunt of Idalia, which started out as a hurricane when it made landfall before being downgraded to a tropical storm Wednesday afternoon.

About 202,000 Georgia homes and businesses are in the dark while 190,000 Florida customers are without power, according to the website that tracks power outages.

South Carolina has 35,000 without power so far as the storm continues to move across the Carolinas. 

A falling tree "instantly" killed a Georgia man as Tropical Storm Idalia tore through part of the Peach State, a local sheriff said.

The man, who was not identified, was clearing a blocked roadway in Valdosta when the tree toppled on him, Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk said.

“The guy was out working on cleaning up a tree in the road, just a local citizen doing good things,” he said. “A big gust of wind came up and dropped another tree, killed him instantly.”

Another person was seriously injured by the same tree, and a sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries.

About 90% of homes and businesses were without power as of Wednesday evening, a Lowndes County government spokeswoman said. 

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NASA shared a stunning photo of Hurricane Idalia on Wednesday, taken from space the day before the storm battered Florida.

The space agency released a bird's-eye view of the powerful storm taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the Gulf of Mexico.

Idalia has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said there is one "unconfirmed fatality" so far following Hurricane Idalia’s wrath.  

DeSantis revealed the case involved a “traffic incident” during a Wednesday evening press conference. The state’s Department of Law Enforcement is investigating.

“That is being looked at, that may end up being a confirmed fatality, it has not been confirmed yet,” he said.

There were no confirmed drownings at this point, Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told would-be thieves that law enforcement in the Sunshine State would not tolerate anyone taking advantage of the chaos in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia, warning: “You loot, we shoot.” 

“People have a right to defend their property. This part of Florida, you got a lot of advocates and proponents of the Second Amendment, and I’ve seen signs in different people’s yards in the past after these disasters, and I would say it’s probably here – ‘You loot, we shoot.'”  

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A snake slithered its way across a flooded Florida road as Hurricane Idalia batted the state Wednesday.

A photo of the snake was blasted out by the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office as a cautionary warning for residents.

“If there is flooding in your area, please shelter in place and do not wade in the water,” the sheriff’s office said.

“You never know what could have washed in with the flooding.”

Other photos posted by the department show additional throughout the area.

A small tornado flipped over a car driving on a South Carolina highway Wednesday afternoon, shocking footage shows.

The car got caught in the weak twister and then flipped over onto the side of the road, almost striking another vehicle, a video taken by another driver shows. 

A confirmed tornado struck near Charleston, South Carolina, according to AccuWeather.

Georgia and the Carolinas are now facing the brunt of Idalia, which was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm Wednesday afternoon. 

Multiple tornado warnings have been issued in the region.  

Hurricane Idalia is now Tropical Storm Idalia, the National Hurricane Center announced late Wednesday afternoon.

The downgraded storm is currently hitting parts of Georgia and the Carolinas, the agency said in a tweet.

Freshwater flooding, storm surge and strong winds are expected to continue to rattle the area as the storm moves across the states. 

Wild footage of a man rowing an inflatable duck in Tampa, Florida, was captured in the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia Wednesday.

Amid the raging floodwater, the man was seen paddling in Tampa on the large duck usually reserved for backyard pools, CNN Newssource video shows.

At one point, the man appeared to almost lose his balance before staying upright. 

Even as Hurricane Idalia slams many parts of Florida, Disney World remains open.

Tourists were seen braving the deluge in plastic ponchos with umbrellas in tow Wednesday, as the worst of the storm's impact hit further north of the Orlando area.

Parkgoers who still made the trek were rewarded with the lowest wait times in years, according to Blog Mickey.

Nearly 400,000 people are without power across Florida and Georgia due to Hurricane Idalia, according to ABC News.

The updated figure of 384,000 comes as Idalia barrels through the region as a Category 1 storm, which is categorized by having winds between 74 and 95 mph.