Helene made landfall late on Thursday in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 Hurricane. It weakened Friday morning to a tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph.
Hurricane Helene is forecast to hit Florida's northwestern coast late Thursday and then bring heavy rain and wind inland over the coming days.Hurricane Helene weakened to a tropical storm early Friday as it sweeps across Georgia, having made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a major Category 4 Hurricane. The National Hurricane Center reports Helene now has sustained wind speeds of 70 mph.
"In fact, comparing the system with previous hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico over the past couple of decades, Helene is at the upper bound in terms of size," the National Hurricane Center said, adding that preparations to protect life and property should be"rushed to completion." The storm has been moving inland at high speed, bringing strong winds and rain — and with that, the risk of flash flooding, landslides, falling trees and power outages — across the southeastern U.S., as far north as the Appalachians.late Thursday into Friday reported, especially in northern Florida, southeast Georgia, South Carolina's Midlands and Lowcountry and southern North Carolina.
"Take this storm seriously," Deanne Criswell, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency , told reporters on Thursday."Please don't underestimate what the impacts could possibly be."Advisory 14: Helene is a Very Dangerous and Large Major Hurricane. Damaging Hurricane Winds and Catastrophic Storm Surge Expected to Begin in the Florida Big Bend This Evening.
After Helene makes landfall, it's expected to turn northwestward and slow down over the Tennessee Valley on Friday and Saturday.
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