"Gargantuan" Hurricane Helene could deliver "catastrophic and lethal storm surge" to portions of Florida Gulf Coastline

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

Hurricane Helene is strengthening mainly because it moves through the japanese Gulf of Mexico towards a forecast Thursday evening or early Friday morning landfall over Florida's Massive Bend Coast and is also "predicted to bring catastrophic winds and storm surge on the northeastern Gulf Coastline," the Countrywide Hurricane Centre mentioned early Thursday. "Preparations to safeguard lifestyle and home ought to be rushed to completion," the center urged.

The National Weather Service warned in a post on X that, "A catastrophic and lethal storm surge is probably going together parts from the Florida Major Bend Coastline, where inundation could achieve as significant as twenty feet over ground degree, together with harmful waves. You can find also a danger of existence-threatening storm surge alongside the rest of your west Coastline from the Florida Peninsula. Citizens in All those spots should adhere to suggestions given by area officers and evacuate if told to do so."