With catastrophic storm surge expected along Florida's coast when Hurricane Helene slams ashore Thursday, northern Gulf Coast residents Gene and Margaret Taylor understand better than anyone about ...

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) says that because of Hurricane Helene’s massive size, there is a significant risk of a life-threatening storm surge along the entire west coast of the Florida ...

Before Hurricane Helene made landfall in the U.S. as a Category 4 storm, it formed off the Yucatan Peninsula and traveled north through the Gulf of Mexico, battering communities in Cuba, the ...

Hurricane Helene is now forecast to reach catastrophic Category 4 strength by the time it makes landfall in Florida on ...

Official storm surge levels may not be available from the NHC until the final post-storm report on Helene is completed next year, Torres said. Hurricane season 2024: Fear rain as much as storm ...

What are the storm surge forecasts for Hurricane Helene? As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, water could reach the following heights, measured above ground level, somewhere in the indicated areas if ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, threatening an “unsurvivable” storm surge in northwestern parts of the ...

Storm surge is a bigger killer than wind when a major hurricane hits shore. The areas in the path of Hurricane Helene are more susceptible to surge than other parts of Florida's coast.

But when a storm moves toward an enclosed bay, such as Tampa Bay on Florida’s Gulf Coast, a slower storm produces a bigger surge. More: How Gulf Coast storm could become Cat 3 Hurricane Helene ...

On Wednesday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center revised its estimates on the potential storm surge from Hurricane Helene.They are potentially devastating. Nearly the entire west coast of ...

The time to prepare for the onslaught of Hurricane Helene is essentially over as the monster storm continues to gain strength and sets its sights on Florida’s Big Bend region, where it will ...