Helene is forecast to be “near hurricane strength” when it passes near the Yucatan Peninsula before becoming a hurricane Wednesday.
Tropical Storm Helene was rapidly strengthening in the Caribbean Sea and expected to become a hurricane Wednesday while moving north along Mexico's coast toward the U.S., prompting residents to evacuate, schools to close and officials to declare emergencies in Florida and Georgia.
The restaurant worker said he barely survived Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 hurricane, that struck Mexico Beach in 2018. That storm rapidly intensified and caught residents off guard before plowing a destructive path across the western Florida Panhandle. He recalled wading through rising water with his cat in his arms to get to safety. His home was destroyed.
John grew into a Category 3 hurricane in a matter of hours Monday and made landfall about 80 miles east of the resort of Acapulco, near the town of Punta Maldonado, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph before weakening to a tropical storm after moving inland. On Wednesday morning, Helene was located about 60 miles east-northeast of Cozumel, Mexico, and about 100 miles west-southwest of the western tip of Cuba as it moved northwest at 9 mph with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph .
“It’s going to be a very large system with impacts across all of Florida,” said Larry Kelly, a specialist at the hurricane center. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also issued an emergency for most of the state's counties, while Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared an emergency in his state as well.
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