Hurricane Helene

(Newser) - Hurricane Helene is right on schedule as northwestern Florida braces for an evening landfall. The potentially catastrophic storm was upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane Thursday afternoon as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico, reports the AP . Helene already had sustained winds of 120mph, per CNN , and forecasters say...

(Newser) - The storm now known as Hurricane Helene is hurtling toward Florida, with expected landfall by late Thursday. With maximum sustained winds of 80mph, CBS News reports it's now registering as a Category 1 storm. The AP reports that Helene is moving north along Mexico's coast in the Caribbean...

(Newser) - Potential Tropical Storm Nine became Tropical Storm Helene on Tuesday and forecasters say it will become Hurricane Helene before it slams into Florida Thursday night. The storm is expected to hit the state's Big Bend region as a massive Category 3 storm, the Tallahassee Democrat reports. Israel Gonzalez,...

(Newser) - A storm in the early stages of development in the western Caribbean Sea off the coast of Honduras is currently a disorganized mass of thunderstorms called Potential Tropical Storm Nine, but forecasters expect it to slam into Florida later this week as Hurricane Helene. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a...