Hurricane Helene is forecast to produce heavy rain in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, but it's uncertain whether it will reach Philadelphia to alleviate its ongoing drought. Meteorologists are divided on Helene's path, with some models predicting rainfall for Philly while others show it being deflected north.
Visitors to the Southernmost Point marker in Key West, Fla., are hit by wind driven waves from approaching Hurricane Helene on Wednesday.After it crashes into the Florida coast, what remains of what is now Hurricane Helene is forecast to produce a prodigious amount of rain in a large, globular area of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. But it’s unclear whether the storm’s remnants eventually will target Philly’s rain deficits that have induced an early start to the foliage show.
NOAA hurricane specialists and others had warned that this could be a historic season in the Atlantic Basin, which includes the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Computer models still are debating precisely where Helene will go and how it will behave once it ravages northern Florida. The National Hurricane Center said it expects landfall in the Big Bend region.
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