The College of Colorado’s soccer crew, led by head coach Deion Sanders, will play the College of Central Florida Saturday in Orange County, Florida. Hurricane Helene has wreaked havoc in current days throughout a number of states, together with Florida, with a dying toll close to 40 and an anticipated $15 billion to $26 billion in property harm.
Regardless of this destruction, Colorado’s social media crew posted on social media Friday a computer-designed graphic displaying security Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig standing on a Florida seaside with water as much as his knees.Â
The submit mentioned “24 hours,” an obvious reference to the countdown to the sport Saturday. The submit was later deleted from Colorado’s social media account. The picture additionally had an indication within the background that mentioned “Watch out for Sharks,” an obvious reference to Silmon-Craig’s nickname, “Shark.”Â
Colorado’s soccer program deleted a submit on X that portrayed security Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig standing in knee-high water forward of a recreation in Florida after Hurricane Helene. (Colorado Buffaloes Soccer on X)
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Fox Information Digital has reached out to the Colorado soccer program for remark however had not obtained a response earlier than the time of publication.Â
Flooding has been one of many greatest harmful forces of the hurricane, starting alongside Florida’s coast effectively earlier than Hurricane Helene made landfall, with quickly rising waters reported as far south as Fort Myers on the state’s Gulf Coast. FOX Climate’s Ian Oliver mentioned the surge rapidly flooded streets round St. Pete Seashore Thursday night, with excessive tide a number of hours away.
The hurricane made landfall in Florida’s Massive Bend area, after intensifying right into a catastrophic Class 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph. The monster hurricane is unleashing a doubtlessly “unsurvivable” 20-foot storm surge, catastrophic hurricane-force winds and flooding.
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Waves from the Gulf of Mexico crash on shore as Hurricane Helene churns offshore Sept. 26, 2024, in St. Pete Seashore, Fla. (Getty Pictures)
The Nationwide Climate Service in Tallahassee issued a uncommon excessive wind warning for a number of counties within the Massive Bend forward of the strategy of the eyewall.
The Nationwide Hurricane Middle (NHC) mentioned there’s a vital threat of a life-threatening storm surge alongside the complete west coast of the Florida Peninsula, in addition to Florida’s Massive Bend area due to Hurricane Helene’s large dimension.
As a result of storm, Saturday’s recreation between Colorado and UCF was moved inland to Orlando.Â
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Colorado Buffaloes operating again Micah Welch (29) celebrates with teammates after scoring in the course of the second half in opposition to the Baylor Bears at Folsom Discipline. (Christopher Hanewinckel/Imagn Pictures)
Sanders spoke concerning the climate earlier than the Baylor recreation, saying the crew was getting ready as if it was not going to rain. Sanders bickered with a reporter who requested about his plans for the rain.
“I’m a type of good weathermen … 30% (likelihood of rain) is 70% (likelihood) it gained’t. Let’s do drills that say, ‘It gained’t rain,'” Sanders mentioned at a press convention this week.Â
The sport will mark the first-ever assembly between Colorado and UCF. The Knights turned a Division I program in 1996 and joined the Massive 12 in 2023.
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