For the past several days, weather watchers have been tracking the movements (or predicted movements) of a named storm, a hurricane called Helene, developing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Earlier on Thursday, weather experts said that the storm had been upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane, classifying it as a major weather event that threatens to bring with it potentially damaging and deadly winds, massive flooding, and deaths in its wake: The first target in its path in the U.S.: the state of Florida, and onward northward through Georgia and Appalachia.
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) sent out an urgent message to state residents via X on Thursday morning:
The post read:
Hurricane Helene is going to make landfall this evening in the Big Bend, but dangerous conditions will be present throughout the rest of the state—even outside the forecast cone. To stay safe from hazards like debris,…
