{"id":107382,"date":"2024-09-27T05:04:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T22:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107382"},"modified":"2024-09-27T05:04:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T22:04:46","slug":"video-helenes-storm-surge-floods-tampa-fort-myers-as-massive-storm-eyes-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107382","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Helene&#8217;s storm surge floods Tampa, Fort Myers as massive storm eyes Florida"},"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<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/gyadzfgamacvlpw.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Mandatory evacuations are in effect for Zone A as residents await the storm&#8217;s arrival. Citrus County Sheriff Mike Prendergast joins FOX Weather now to discuss the situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>TAMPA, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/tracking-hurricane-helene-florida-southeast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Helene<\/a> is unleashing its fury on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> with landfall in the coming hours as a major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/hurricanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hurricane<\/a> along the Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Millions of people in the Sunshine State are in the storm&#8217;s destructive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/flood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flooding<\/a> path, and mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for numerous counties.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Helene&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-is-storm-surge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">storm surge<\/a> poses an extreme and potentially deadly threat. The National Weather Service in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/tallahassee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tallahassee<\/a> has warned of unsurvivable water levels in Apalachee Bay. Given the monster storm&#8217;s size and strength, the storm surge could be among the worst ever seen in this part of Florida, reaching up to 20 feet in some areas.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/tracking-hurricane-helene-florida-southeast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HURRICANE HELENE TO SLAM FLORIDA WITH \u2018UNSURVIVABLE\u2019 20-FOOT STORM SURGE, CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The forecast is for water up to 8 feet above the normal high tide line in and around the highly populated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/tampa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa<\/a> Bay, if the peak surge occurs at high tide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">However, the current forecast shows the greatest water rise occurring late Thursday afternoon and evening when the tide will be low. That may shave off 1-3 feet of water rise, but immense damage is still likely, the FOX Forecast Center said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Early Thursday morning, the surge was clear to see in downtown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/naples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naples<\/a>. Footage posted by X user @chuckbender66 shows conditions on the Tin City waterfront.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/helene-map-tracker-cone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRACKING HURRICANE HELENE: LIVE FORECAST CONE, SPAGHETTI MODELS, ALERTS, WIND PROJECTIONS AND MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Storm surge led to severe flooding in downtown Naples, Florida, as Hurricane Helene moved closer to the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Footage posted to X by @Nerdy_Addict shows conditions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/cedar-key\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cedar Key<\/a> as waves overspilled onto streets.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/disney-world-universal-orlando-changes-hurricane-helene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DISNEY WORLD, UNIVERSAL ORLANDO ANNOUNCE SOME CLOSURES AS HURRICANE HELENE APPROACHES FLORIDA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">A storm surge was clear to see along coastal Florida on Thursday, September 26, as the region braced for Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Floodwaters were pooling in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/fort-myers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fort Myers Beach<\/a> in video shared by Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Floodwaters pooled along Florida\u2019s southwestern coast on Thursday as locals braced for the arrival of Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Deputies in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/bonita-springs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bonita Springs<\/a> were monitoring rising tide and storm surge along the beaches Thursday morning, Marceno said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Check out these deputies in action assisting neighbors through flooded streets near Hickory Blvd,&#8221; he posted.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/where-does-helene-go-after-hitting-florida-southeast-mid-atlantic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHERE DOES HELENE GO AFTER HITTING FLORIDA? SOUTHEAST, MID-ATLANTIC COULD SEE &#8216;CATASTROPHIC&#8217; FLOODING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Watch as high water thrashes along the shorelines of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/st-petersburg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Petersburg<\/a>. It was captured on video by local resident Sean Wrucke.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">High water thrashed along Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast on Thursday as the region braced for Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Footage posted by the City of St Petersburg shows conditions in Coffee Pot Park.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/watch\/play-7666bb023001598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NHC DIRECTOR WARNS FLORIDA RESIDENTS OF HURRICANE HELENE&#8217;S IMPACTS ALONG BIG BEND COAST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Water is going to continue to rise as the day goes on,&#8221; the post read. &#8220;Please stay safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<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<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/hurricane-helene-storm-surge-flood-florida-gulf-coast\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandatory evacuations are in effect for Zone A as residents await the storm&#8217;s arrival. 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