Hurricane Helene continues to strengthen as it moves across the Gulf of Mexico into Florida on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. The storm, which is expected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast late Thursday, September 26, is bringing with it cane. there are winds up to 125 mph and 8-12 inches of rain.
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Tallahassee State professor Pamela Andrews carries sandbags to a car in preparation for possible flooding as Tropical Storm Helene heads toward the state’s Gulf Coast on September 25, 2024 in Tallahassee, Florida. Currently, Tropical Storm Helene is expected to become a major hurricane, bringing the potential for deadly storm surges, flooding rains and destructive hurricane-force winds along parts of Florida’s west coast. Helene is expected to make landfall in Florida on Thursday.
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A traffic advisory sign on westbound SR 408 near downtown Orlando, Fla., informs commuters of the approaching Hurricane Helene, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.
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Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene fall over Cancun, Quintana Roo State, Mexico, on September 24, 2024. Helene strengthened into a hurricane on September 25 in the Gulf of Mexico and is “expected to bring life-threatening storm surges, damaging winds, and flooding rains to much of Florida and southeastern United States, says the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
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Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene fall over Cancun, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, on September 24, 2024.