{"id":107191,"date":"2024-09-26T09:36:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T02:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107191"},"modified":"2024-09-26T09:36:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T02:36:24","slug":"hurricane-helene-expected-to-hit-florida-as-a-major-storm-and-strike-far-inland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107191","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Helene expected to hit Florida as a major storm and strike far inland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) \u2014 An enormous <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tropical-weather-hurricane-caribbean-c7b70ac631e5fc5df86900b6ee141fb5\">Hurricane Helene<\/a><\/span> swamped parts of Mexico on Wednesday as it churned on a path forecasters said would take it to Florida as a potentially catastrophic storm with a surge that could swallow entire homes, a chilling warning that sent residents scrambling for higher ground, closed schools, and led to states of emergency throughout the Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>Helene\u2019s center was about 430 miles (735 kilometers) southwest of Tampa, Florida, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, and the hurricane was expected <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tropical-storm-helene-what-to-know-46b4d51f105bfad5e091558b3b13951e\">to intensify and accelerate<\/a><\/span> as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico toward the Big Bend area of Florida\u2019s northwestern coast. Landfall was expected sometime Thursday evening, and the hurricane center said by then it could be a major Category 4 storm with winds above 129 mph (208 kph). <\/p>\n<p>Tropical storm conditions were expected in southern Florida Wednesday night, spreading northward and encompassing the rest of Florida as well as Georgia and South Carolina through Thursday night. The storm was moving north at 12 mph (19 kph) with top sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph) Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n<div class=\"HTMLModuleEnhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"HTMLModuleEnhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"HTMLModuleEnhancement-embed\">\n<div class=\"HtmlModule\" data-module-tracksubscribe=\"\" data-gtm-topic=\"No Value\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"html-embed-module-750000\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/interactives.ap.org\/hurricane-tracker\/?lat=33&amp;lon=-80&amp;zoom=6&amp;apnews=true\" class=\"ap-embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"655px\" style=\"border: 1px solid #eee;\"> <!-- The following message will be displayed to users with unsupported browsers: --> Your browser does not support the <code>iframe<\/code> HTML tag. Try viewing this in a modern browser like Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Internet Explorer 9 or later. <\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Helene could create a life-threatening storm surge as high as 20 feet (6.1 meters) in parts of the Big Bend region, forecasters said. Its tropical storm-force winds extended as far as 345 miles (555 kilometers) from its center.<\/p>\n<p>The fast-moving storm\u2019s wind and rain also could penetrate far inland: The hurricane center posted hurricane warnings well into Georgia and tropical storm warnings as far north as North Carolina, and it warned that much of the Southeast could experience prolonged power outages, toppled trees and dangerous flooding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust hope and pray that everybody\u2019s safe,\u201d said Connie Dillard, of Tallahassee, as she shopped at a grocery store with thinning shelves of water and bread before hitting the highway out of town. \u201cThat\u2019s all you can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One insurance firm, Gallagher Re, is expecting billions of dollars in damage in the U.S. Around 18,000 linemen from out of state staged in Florida, ready to help restore power. Airports in St. Petersburg, Tallahassee and Tampa were planning to close on Thursday, and 62 hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities evacuated their residents Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia activated 250 National Guard soldiers for rapid deployment. State game wardens, foresters and Department of Correction teams will help provide swift-water rescues and other emergency responses.<\/p>\n<p>State meteorologist Will Lanxton said tropical storm-force winds are expected throughout Georgia. Lanxton said metro Atlanta hasn\u2019t seen sustained tropical storm winds since Hurricane Irma in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re going to see some significant power outages, probably nothing like we\u2019ve seen, because it\u2019s 159 counties wide,\u201d said James Stallings, director of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.<\/p>\n<p>In Tallahassee, where stations started to run out of gas, 19-year-old Florida A&amp;M student Kameron Benjamin filled sandbags with his roommate to protect their apartment before evacuating. Their school and Florida State shut down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"AudioEnhancement\" data-separate-event=\"audioModule\" data-separate-value=\"AP AUDIO: Tropical Storm Helene strengthens as hurricane warnings cover parts of Florida and Mexico\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"AP AUDIO: Tropical Storm Helene strengthens as hurricane warnings cover parts of Florida and Mexico\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"ap-audio-tropical-storm-helene-strengthens-as-hurricane-warnings-cover-parts-of-florida-and-mexico\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"AudioEnhancement-description\">Florida and Georgia are preparing for what could be a Category 3 hurricane. AP correspondent Donna Warder reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis hurricane is heading straight to Tallahassee, so I really don\u2019t know what to expect,\u201d Benjamin said. <\/p>\n<p>As Big Bend residents battened down their homes, many saw the ghost of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/hurricane-michael\">2018\u2019s Hurricane Michael.<\/a><\/span> That storm rapidly intensified and crashed ashore as a Category 5 that laid waste to Panama City and parts of the rural Panhandle. On Wednesday, the National Weather Service posted an urgent warning for residents along Apalachee Bay:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a danger of catastrophic and unsurvivable storm surge for Apalachee Bay,\u201d it said. \u201cStorm surge may begin to arrive as early as late Wednesday night ahead of the winds. This forecast, if realized, is a nightmare surge scenario for Apalachee Bay. Please, please, please take any evacuation orders seriously!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are taking heed and hightailing it out of there for higher ground,\u201d said Kristin Korinko, a Tallahassee resident who serves as the commodore of the Shell Point Sailboard Club, on the Gulf Coast about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p>For toughened Floridians who are used to hurricanes, Robbie Berg, a national warning coordinator for the hurricane center, advised: \u201cPlease do not compare it to other storms you may have experienced over the past year or two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Helene is forecast to be one of the largest storms in breadth in years to hit the region, said Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach. He said since 1988, only three Gulf hurricanes were bigger than Helene\u2019s predicted size: 2017\u2019s Irma, 2005\u2019s Wilma and 1995\u2019s Opal.<\/p>\n<p>Areas 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of the Georgia-Florida line can expect hurricane conditions. More than half of Georgia\u2019s public school districts and several universities canceled classes. <\/p>\n<p>And for Atlanta, which is under a tropical storm watch, Helene could be the worst strike on a major Southern inland city in 35 years, said University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a lot like Hugo in Charlotte,\u201d Shepherd said of the 1989 storm that struck the North Carolina city, knocking out power to 85% of customers as winds gusted above hurricane force. <\/p>\n<p>Landslides were possible in southern Appalachia, with catastrophic flooding predicted in the Carolinas and Georgia, where all three governors declared emergencies. Rainfall is possible as far away as Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Mexico\u2019s Yucatan Peninsula were under hurricane warnings as Helene wound between it and the western tip of Cuba and into the Gulf of Mexico. The storm formed Tuesday in the Caribbean, and it flooded streets and toppled trees as it passed offshore and brushed the resort city of Cancun. <\/p>\n<p>In Cuba, authorities moved cattle to higher ground and medical brigades went to communities often cut off by storms. The government preventively shut off power in some communities as waves as high as 16 feet (5 meters) slammed Cortes Bay. In the Cayman Islands, schools remained closed as residents pumped water from flooded homes.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., federal authorities positioned generators, food and water, along with search-and-rescue and power restoration teams. <\/p>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned that Helene could be as strong as a Category 4 hurricane when it makes landfall. The state was providing buses to evacuate people in the Big Bend region and taking them to shelters in Tallahassee. <\/p>\n<p>But near Florida\u2019s center, outside Orlando, Walt Disney World said its only closures Thursday would be the Typhoon Lagoon water park and its miniature golf courses.<\/p>\n<p>Helene is the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane season this year <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricanes-busy-season-warm-water-la-nina-0fe7c4cb0367e8b56ac63ff663839df0\">because of record-warm ocean temperatures<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In the Pacific, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricane-john-mexico-pacific-b56193c39433fa96cd06d83ae2228157\">former Hurricane John<\/a><\/span> reformed Wednesday as a tropical storm and was strengthening as it threatened areas of Mexico\u2019s western coast. Officials posted hurricane warnings for southwestern Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>John hit the country\u2019s southern Pacific coast late Monday, killing at least two people, triggering mudslides, and damaging homes and trees. It <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tropical-storm-mexico-pacific-coast-953e70f4b7bba39ab2f705742f63b803\">grew into a Category 3 hurricane<\/a><\/span> in a matter of hours and made landfall east of Acapulco. It reemerged over the ocean after weakening inland. <\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press journalists Seth Borenstein in New York; Jeff Amy in Atlanta; Danica Coto in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Andrea Rodr\u00edguez in Havana; Mark Stevenson and Mar\u00eda Verza in Mexico City; and Claire Rush in Portland, Oregon, contributed to this report. 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