Vanessa Buschschlüter -- BBC News
Sept. 25, 2024
Tropical Storm Helene has intensified into a hurricane and is predicted to turn into a dangerous Category 3 storm before hitting the US Gulf Coast on Thursday.
Forecasters warn the major hurricane could bring "life-threatening" storm surge, damaging winds and flooding to a large portion of Florida and the south-eastern United States.
The National Hurricane Center said that Helene was expected to pass the north-eastern Mexican coast of Yucatán in the coming hours and hit Florida late on Thursday local time.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for almost all of the state's counties.
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