"Gargantuan" Hurricane Helene could carry "catastrophic and lethal storm surge" to portions of Florida Gulf Coastline

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

Hurricane Helene is strengthening because it moves across the jap Gulf of Mexico toward a forecast Thursday night or early Friday morning landfall over Florida's Significant Bend Coast and is particularly "predicted to bring catastrophic winds and storm surge into the northeastern Gulf Coast," the Nationwide Hurricane Center explained early Thursday. "Preparations to protect lifetime and home should be rushed to completion," the center urged.

The National Weather Service warned in a post on X that, "A catastrophic and lethal storm surge is probably going along portions with the Florida Large Bend coast, where by inundation could attain as significant as twenty feet previously mentioned floor level, as well as damaging waves. There is certainly also a Threat of life-threatening storm surge along the remainder on the west Coastline of the Florida Peninsula. Residents in Individuals parts should adhere to tips supplied by local officials and evacuate if told to do so."