Hurricane Helene: Storm reaches Category 1

Tropical Storm Helene became a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday morning and was expected to get stronger as it moved towards Florida.

Flooding will come with storm: NWS

Update 12:39 p.m. ET Sept. 25: The National Weather Service said that up to 15 inches of rain may fall in the mountains of North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina and bring with it flooding, The Associated Press reported.

The weather service likened the impact to that of 2021′s Tropical Storm Fred which killed six people and damaged nearly 1,00 homes.

Original report: The National Hurricane Center said the storm was “expected to bring life-threatening storm surge” along with strong winds and flooding in not only Florida but also most of the Southeastern U.S.

It neared hurricane strength through the morning on Wednesday as it was just off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, the National Hurricane Center said.

Several counties in Florida were already under evacuation orders before the storm reached hurricane strength, The Associated Press reported.

Gas stations in the Tallahassee area were running out of gas earlier in the week and supermarkets in the region were running out of store staples such as water and other supplies.

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