Latest On Tropical Storm Helene
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Tropical Storm Helene during the afternoon of September 24, 2024. (Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helene_2024-09-24_1845Z.jpg, Attribution: VIIRS imagery from NOAA’s Suomi Satellite, Public Domain license: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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Tropical Storm Helene is a currently strengthening tropical cyclone in the Caribbean Sea that is forecast to impact the Gulf Coast of the United States. The eighth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Helene developed from a broad area of low pressure in the Western Caribbean Sea on September 24.
State of Florida Preparing For Tropical Storm Helene, in wikipedia, in italics, below:
Governor Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency for 41 counties.[17] The next day, this was expanded to 61 counties.[9] Locally, Volusia County issued a state of emergency.[18] Several sandbagging sites opened up across the state.[19][20] On September 24, several state parks would be closed: four of them in Franklin County, two in Gulf County, and one in Gadsen County.[21] In the Tampa Bay Area, officials announced that schools would be closed ahead of the storm.[22] A college football game between Florida A&M University and Alabama A&M University, which was scheduled for the weekend of September 28–29 in Dallas, would be postponed until November 29 due to the storm.[23][24] In Florida State College at Jacksonville, classes and activities at the campus would be cancelled for two days.[25] The SpaceX Crew-9 mission, which would have launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on September 26, was delayed due to the storm.[9][26]
On September 24, Citrus County would issue mandatory evacuations for zone A, which includes coastal areas in the communities of Crystal River and Homosassa. In Wakulla County, a mandatory evacuation for all residents and visitors, while in Hernando County, mandatory evacuations were ordered for anyone west of U.S. Route 19 and all residents in coastal or low-lying areas and those living in manufactured homes. Gulf County would issue mandatory evacuations for all visitors. Elsewhere, in Charlotte County, mandatory evacuations were issued for the barrier islands, low-lying and flood prone areas, manufactured homes, and homes that did not meet building codes. In Franklin County, a mandatory evacuation order was issued for the barrier islands, low-lying and flood-prone areas, and mobile homes.[9] Finally, in Sarasota County, officials issued an evacuation order for Level A and manufactured home communities on September 25.[27]
Details in the video below, in italics, below:
This video was published Tuesday morning just before Tropical Storm Helene was named by the National Hurricane Center. People in the Florida Panhandle, Big Bend region and much of the central and eastern Gulf coast need to complete preparations for major hurricane impacts by Wednesday night before hazardous conditions arrive by Thursday. Time is running out to prepare for Helene’s arrival. This will be “a large storm with life-threatening impacts” hundreds of miles away from where it makes landfall, in the video published on Sep 24, 2024, by AccuWeather, as “Large and Powerful Hurricane Helene to Hit Florida“, below:
Details in the video below, in italics, below:
Tropical Storm Helene is currently located in an ideal environment for rapid intensification and is forecast to become a major hurricane (at least a Category 3) before approaching the Big Bend area of Florida later this week. The National Hurricane Center believes that this storm will make landfall on Thursday, in the video published on Sep 24, 2024, by 13News Now, as “Tropics Update: Helene brews in the Caribbean, Hurricane Warnings in effect for Florida“, below:
Details in the video below, in italics, below:
Chief Meteorologist Jason Smith takes a deep dive on what’s happening with Tropical Storm Helene, which is getting stronger. It could become a major hurricane and a large one. Jason breaks down what we can expect locally, in the video published on Sep 24, 2024, by FOX10 News, as “A deep dive on Tropical Storm Helene“, below:
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