Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, threatening an 'unsurvivable' storm surge in northwestern parts of the state as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S., forecasters said.
Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, threatening an"unsurvivable" storm surge in northwestern parts of the state as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S., forecasters said.
Early Thursday, Helene was about 350 miles southwest of Tampa and moving north northeast at 12 mph with top sustained winds of 90 mph . Forecasters said it should become a Category 3 or higher hurricane, meaning winds would top 110 mph . People traverse a flooded street with a horse-drawn carriage after the passage of Hurricane Helene in Guanimar, Artemisa province, Cuba, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.
Areas 100 miles north of the Georgia-Florida line can expect hurricane conditions. More than half of Georgia's public school districts and several universities cancelled classes. Helene is the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane season this year because of record-warm ocean temperatures.In further storm activity, Tropical Storm Isaac formed Wednesday in the Atlantic and was expected to strengthen as it moves eastward across the open ocean, possibly becoming a hurricane by the end of the week, forecasters said.
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