Videos, photos show Hurricane Idalia damage as catastrophic storm inundates Florida: "Our entire downtown is submerged"

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast early Wednesday morning, damaging the region with strong winds, heavy rain and dangerous flooding.

When the storm made landfall, it was a Category 3 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center, with "catastrophic storm surge and damaging winds." The maximum sustained winds of the hurricane were about 125 miles per hour, the agency said. Over 169,000 customers have lost power as of 8:30 a.m. 

In Cedar Key, an island city of just about 700 people, torrential storm surge poured through the streets. The area was under a mandatory evacuation order. The city's fire department shared a video that showed water rushing through dark streets as more rain poured down. The department said that things were "going downhill fast" and noted that the power is out in the area.