Helene will strengthen to a hurricane Tuesday evening, and rain is predicted to start in Florida Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning.
On Thursday night, Helene will make landfall alongside Florida’s Large Bend space, positioned between Tallahassee and Gainesville.
Storm surge might attain as much as 15 toes within the Large Bend space.
Heavy rain and robust winds are additionally main threats.
A hurricane watch is in impact for Florida’s Gulf Coast and a tropical storm watch was issued from Orlando to the Florida Keys.
By Thursday evening into Friday, the storm will shortly push into Georgia with very heavy rain, gusty winds and potential flash flooding.
This weekend, the storm will stall over the Mid-South, bringing heavy rain and potential flooding to the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys.
A flood watch has been issued in Florida from Fort Myers to Tampa to Tallahassee, in addition to in southern Georgia and Alabama.
