Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida.
Jacksonville gas stations and grocery stores packed with shoppers ahead of stormSome people in Columbia County prepare for Helene while still cleaning up from the last storm‘Ask everyone to pray for us’: Taylor County residents evacuate before Hurricane Helene makes landfall in the Big Bend
“This forecast, if realized, is a nightmare surge scenario for Apalachee Bay,” the office said. “Please, please, please take any evacuation orders seriously!” While Helene will likely weaken as it moves inland, its “fast forward speed will allow strong, damaging winds, especially in gusts, to penetrate well inland across the southeastern United States,” including in the southern Appalachian Mountains, the National Hurricane Center said. The center posted lesser tropical storm warnings as far north as North Carolina, and warned that much of the region could experience prolonged power outages, toppled trees and dangerous flooding.
Rain was already falling steadily in Atlanta on Wednesday evening as shoppers emptied shelves of water at a Kroger supermarket east of downtown. The National Weather Service in Atlanta issued flash flood warnings for much of the state. Areas 100 miles north of the Georgia-Florida line can expect hurricane conditions. More than half of Georgia’s public school districts and several universities canceled classes.
Federal authorities have positioned generators, food and water, along with search-and-rescue and power restoration teams.
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