More deadly than wind, storm surge from Hurricane Helene could be devastating
Storm surge is a bigger killer than wind when a major hurricane hits shore. The areas in the path of Hurricane Helene are more susceptible to surge than other parts of Florida's coast.
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Hurricane Helene live updates: Storm now a dangerous Category 3 as it nears Florida
Helene is expected to make landfall on Florida's Big Bend this evening as a major category 4 hurricane, bringing the risk of catastrophic damage.
Hurricane Helene now a major Cat 3 storm, plowing toward Florida: Live updates
Helene is expected to make landfall in the Florida Big Bend region Thursday night before moving inland at a fast pace across the Southeast.
Hurricane Helene live updates: Category 3 storm impacting Florida. When landfall is expected
Hurricane Helene is expected to strengthen to a Category 4 storm ahead of landfall Thursday along Florida's Big Bend coast.
Florida braces for life-threatening winds, storm surge as Hurricane Helene picks up strength
Hurricane Warnings and Storm Surge Warnings spread across the west coast of Florida as Helene is forecast to become a major hurricane, bringing the potential for life-threatening storm surge, flooding rain and destructive hurricane-force winds.
Upstate braces for Hurricane Helene; here's what makes it different from a tropical storm
Though both are cyclones, the weather systems have distinct characteristics that set them apart, causing a range of dangers and devastation
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Helene closing in on Florida, 'catastrophic' surge, winds likely: Live updates
Almost 80 million people in Florida and across the Southeast were under hurricane or tropical storm warnings. Several Florida counties have ordered evacuations, and four of them − Franklin, Taylor, Liberty and Wakulla − with a total population of more than 70,000 people have ordered all residents to leave.
Tropical Storm Helene to become major hurricane before landfall in Florida: Live updates
The highest landfall probability is somewhere along the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle late Thursday evening, forecasters said.
Hurricane Helene barrels toward Florida with fierce winds, storm surge
Florida braced for the arrival of Hurricane Helene on Thursday, forecast to be a powerful Category 4 storm when it smashes into the state's panhandle. Officials issued dire warnings, pleading with residents in coastal areas along the hurricane's path to evacuate ahead of catastrophic winds and a potentially deadly storm surge,
Hurricane Helene threatens ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge and vast inland damage, forecasters say
Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, threatening an “unsurvivable” storm surge in northwestern parts of the state as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.
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