"Gargantuan" Hurricane Helene could carry "catastrophic and deadly storm surge" to portions of Florida Gulf Coast

"Gargantuan" Hurricane Helene could bring "catastrophic and deadly storm surge" to parts of Florida Gulf Coast

Hurricane Helene is strengthening because it moves throughout the eastern Gulf of Mexico towards a forecast Thursday night or early Friday morning landfall over Florida's Major Bend Coast and is particularly "anticipated to convey catastrophic winds and storm surge on the northeastern Gulf Coastline," the Countrywide Hurricane Centre explained early Thursday. "Preparations to shield daily life and assets must be rushed to completion," the center urged.

The National Weather Service warned in a post on X that, "A catastrophic and fatal storm surge is probably going together parts of the Florida Major Bend Coastline, where by inundation could get to as significant as twenty ft higher than floor level, along with damaging waves. There exists also a danger of lifetime-threatening storm surge together the remainder with the west Coastline in the Florida Peninsula. People in Individuals parts ought to observe guidance provided by local officers and evacuate if advised to do so."