Tropical Storm Helene was rapidly strengthening in the Caribbean Sea and expected to become a hurricane Wednesday while moving north along Mexico’s coast toward the U.S., prompting residents to evacuate, schools to close and officials to declare emergencies in Florida and Georgia.
Time is running out for Floridians to escape the path of future Hurricane Helene. Wednesday while moving north along Mexico’s coast toward the U.S., prompting residents to evacuate, schools to close and officials to declare emergencies in Florida and Georgia.
This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken at 6:10pm ET shows Tropical Storm Helene off the Gulf Coast of Florida near Mexico and Cuba on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.John grew into a Category 3 hurricane in a matter of hours Monday and made landfall about 80 miles east of the resort of Acapulco, near the town of Punta Maldonado, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph before weakening to a tropical storm after moving inland.
“It’s going to be a very large system with impacts across all of Florida,” said Larry Kelly, a specialist at the hurricane center. The Wednesday morning forecast track for Helene shows a landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast and its track into Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. The impact of the massive storm will be felt in a wide area.
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