John Jefferson
Watch live from Cancun on Mexico’s Gulf coast as Tropical Storm Helene heads north on Wednesday, 25 September.
Florida is bracing as the storm approaches, threatening to bring powerful winds, floods and life-threatening storm surge as thousands evacuate.
It comes just over a month after Storm Debby hurtled into the Sunshine State.
If Helene makes landfall in Florida on Thursday, it will be the fourth hurricane to make landfall in the US this year.
Helene is predicted to strengthen into a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday, with wind speeds already at 70 mph as of the morning, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm’s center approached the Yucatán Peninsula Wednesday morning, churning between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency on Tuesday ahead of the storm’s predicted landfall.
Several areas of the state are under hurricane warnings.
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