ALLIGATOR POINT, Florida: The "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Helene made landfall in the US state of Florida on Thursday (Sep 26), with officials warning of "unsurvivable" conditions and a potentially catastrophic storm surge high enough to swamp a two-storey house.
ALLIGATOR POINT, Florida: The"extremely dangerous" Hurricane Helene made landfall in the US state of Florida on Thursday , with officials warning of"unsurvivable" conditions and a potentially catastrophic storm surge high enough to swamp a two-storey house.
It was packing winds of 225kmh as it passed over the Gulf's warm waters and began hitting the Big Bend area south of Tallahassee. The accompanying waves"can destroy houses, move cars, and that water level is going to rise very quickly", Brennan added."I urge everyone in and near the path of Helene to listen to local officials and follow evacuation warnings," he said."Take this seriously, and be safe.""I'M STUCK WITH THEM"
"I just came to button up a few things before it gets too windy," the 37-year-old real estate agent told AFP as he boarded up his house on stilts.Patrick Riickert refused to budge from his small wooden house in Crawfordville, a town of 5,000 people a few miles inland. At a gas station in Panacea, John Luper said he was reluctantly staying put because his mother and brother refused to flee to higher ground.The NHC warned of up to 51cm of rain in some spots and potentially life-threatening flooding, as well as numerous landslides across the southern Appalachians.
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