Strengthening Hurricane Helene menaces Florida with 'unsurvivable' storm surge

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Strengthening Hurricane Helene menaces Florida with 'unsurvivable' storm surge
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Driving rain flooded roadways and closed down airports in Florida as an intensifying Hurricane Helene marched toward the state's Panhandle region, bringing the threat of a potentially deadly storm surge to much of the coastline.The storm had strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane early on Thursday and had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph as of 11 a.m. , according to Michael Brennan, the director of the National Hurricane Center.

It could bring 12 inches of rain or more, potentially devastating the state's cotton and pecan crops, which are in the middle of harvesting season."The current forecast for hurricane Helene suggests this storm will impact every part of our state," Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said.After making landfall across the Florida coast, Helene is expected move more slowly over the Tennessee Valley on Friday and Saturday, the NHC said.

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