Florida braces for 'unsurvivable' Hurricane Helene

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 27, 2024 10:20 am

Alligator Point, United States — A powerful hurricane was barreling towards Florida on Thursday, with officials warning of 'unsurvivable' conditions and a potentially catastrophic storm surge high enough to swamp a two-story house.

Tens of thousands of people were without power and roads were already flooded ahead of what is expected to be one of the largest Gulf of Mexico storms in decades.

People walk through a flooded street in Batabano, Mayabeque province, Cuba on September 26, 2024, after the passage of Hurricane Helene. Hurricane Helene strengthened to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm as it barreled toward landfall on the Florida coast, US meteorologists said. Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP

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