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

Hurricane Helene is strengthening as it moves over the eastern Gulf of Mexico towards a forecast Thursday evening or early Friday morning landfall more than Florida's Significant Bend Coast and is particularly "anticipated to provide catastrophic winds and storm surge towards the northeastern Gulf Coast," the Countrywide Hurricane Centre mentioned early Thursday. "Preparations to safeguard lifestyle and house 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 Huge Bend Coastline, where by inundation could attain as substantial as twenty toes higher than floor level, as well as harmful waves. You can find also a danger of lifestyle-threatening storm surge along the remainder in the west coast on the Florida Peninsula. Inhabitants in People parts should adhere to guidance provided by neighborhood officials and evacuate if informed to do so."