"Gargantuan" Hurricane Helene could convey "catastrophic and fatal storm surge" to parts 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 evening or early Friday early morning landfall more than Florida's Large Bend Coastline and is particularly "predicted to carry catastrophic winds and storm surge for the northeastern Gulf Coastline," the Nationwide Hurricane Center reported early Thursday. "Preparations to safeguard daily life and home ought to 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 parts of the Florida Major Bend Coastline, in which inundation could arrive at as substantial as twenty feet previously mentioned floor amount, in addition to damaging waves. There's also a Hazard of daily life-threatening storm surge together the rest with the west Coastline with the Florida Peninsula. People in those locations must comply with assistance supplied by community officials and evacuate if informed to take action."