"Gargantuan" Hurricane Helene could bring "catastrophic and deadly storm surge" to parts of Florida Gulf Coast

Hurricane Helene is strengthening mainly because it moves throughout the jap Gulf of Mexico towards a forecast Thursday night or early Friday morning landfall about Florida's Huge Bend Coastline and it is "envisioned to deliver catastrophic winds and storm surge to your northeastern Gulf Coastline," the National Hurricane Middle claimed early Thursday. "Preparations to protect daily life and assets needs to be rushed to completion," the center urged.

The National Weather Service warned in a post on X that, "A catastrophic and fatal storm surge is probably going together portions in the Florida Massive Bend Coastline, where inundation could attain as substantial as twenty toes higher than ground level, as well as damaging waves. There is also a danger of lifestyle-threatening storm surge along the remainder in the west coast on the Florida Peninsula. Inhabitants in All those parts should really follow guidance offered by neighborhood officials and evacuate if informed to do so."