Storm forecasted to hit Florida’s Gulf coast on Thursday as 40 million people under severe weather warningsTropical Storm Helene strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday morning.The tempest was labeled a category 1 hurricane and the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said it was packing maximum sustained winds of 80mph (128km/h) as it churned in the eastern Gulf of Mexico just off the coast of the Yucatán peninsula. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-09-25 18:48:29
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Hurricane Helene forecast to be most powerful storm to hit US in a year
