Tropical Storm Helene is predicted to intensify into a major hurricane by Thursday, posing a significant threat to Florida's Gulf Coast. The storm is expected to make landfall along the state's Big Bend region, bringing life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall.
Tropical Storm Helene is expected to become a hurricane on Wednesday as it nears the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the National Hurricane Center said.After it passes the Yucatan Peninsula, it is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane by late Thursday, when it's expected to come ashore along Florida 's Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane warning for an area along the Florida coast from Anclote River to Mexico Beach.
'The National Hurricane Center said Helene is expected to grow in size and could have far-reaching impacts, with damaging winds occurring far from the point of landfall. Additionally, after the storm moves inland, it could drop heavy rain hundreds of miles from the shore.
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