What to Know
- Helene quickly strengthened into a dangerous major hurricane on Thursday and had its sights set on a Florida landfall
- Forecasters said Helene's center could be making landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida’s northwestern coast
- In addition to "potentially catastrophic" winds, Helene could bring storm surge as high as 20 feet
- Tropical storm warnings remained in place for all of South Florida including Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe on Thursday
- Public schools in Broward, Monroe and Palm Beach counties are closed. Miami-Dade schools remain open
Helene developed into a powerful Category 4 hurricane on Thursday as it raced through the Gulf of Mexico on a path to Florida.
Forecasters said Helene's center could be making landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida’s northwestern coast as soon as late Thursday with "potentially catastrophic" winds.
The hurricane could create a storm surge as high as 20 feet in some areas in Florida, forecasters said.
Tropical storm warnings remained in place for all of South Florida including Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe and parts of Palm Beach counties on Thursday. Schools were closed in all of these except Miami-Dade.
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