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As Hurricane Helene rapidly approached land on the Gulf Coast late Wednesday, the United Cajun Navy deployed resources to Florida and Mississippi's coast to try and mitigate any potentially disastrous effects from the historic storm. Kevin LaFond, a coordinator with the volunteer relief group, said storm surge can bring a significant amount of death and injury in weather events like this and anticipates the storm will become a Category 4 level by the time it makes landfall.
Hurricane Helene expected to make landfall in US as powerful Category 4 stormLaFond and other experts say residents and visitors need to heed evacuation orders. In this storm, areas including Tampa and Tallahassee and the Gulf panhandle was expected to be inundated with water in flooding from the Helene. 'What we're preparing for is a large surge coming in, plus winds in the 130+ mile an hour range. Cat 3, looking at Cat 4 ...
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