The Florida panhandle bracing for Hurricane Helene. Currently strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico, is expected to hit the Florida gulf coast later this week.
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00:00The Florida panhandle bracing for Hurricane Helene, currently strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico.
00:06It's expected to hit the Florida Gulf Coast later this weekend as a Category 3 or 4 storm,
00:12bringing life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds and heavy rain to the southeastern U.S.
00:18Helene is forecast to grow into one of the largest storms in the Gulf in the last century,
00:23with a wind field that could stretch between Indianapolis and Washington, D.C.
00:28Officials warning of unsurvivable storm surge as high as 20 feet along Florida's Big Bend.