Floridan rannikolla varaudutaan hurrikaani Heleneen, joka voi olla jopa Luokan 3 hurrikaani! Lue mitä se tarkoittaa ja miten se vaikuttaa!
Floridan rannikko valmistautuu kovaan koettelemukseen, kun Potentiaalinen Trooppinen Sykloni 9, joka tunnetaan pian nimellä Hurrikaani Helene, voimistuu nopeasti. Ennusteiden mukaan Helene tulee saapumaan maanpäälle torstaina, ja sen tuulet voivat ylittää 150 km/h, jolloin se voi luokitella Luokan 3 hurrikaaniksi. Asukkaat ja turistit saavat nyt koota tavaransa sekä varautua mahdollisiin sähkökatkoihin ja pahoihin sääolosuhteisiin.
Eteläisen Yhdysvaltain alueella vallitsee kova hälytys. Hurrikaanivaroituksia on annettu Floridan Tampa Bayn sekä Englewoodin ja Indian Passin alueilla, ja myös Meksikon itärannikon osittaisille alueille. Helene saattaa tuoda mukanaan voimakkaita tuulia ja rankkasateita, mikä kasvattaa riskiä tulville ja myrskyherkille alueille. Kansallisen Hurrikaanikeskuksen eli NHC:n mukaan tämä trooppinen häiriö kehittyy jatkuvasti ja sen kehittyminen seuraajapäivinä herättää huolta asukkaissa.
Ajankohtaista tietoa myrskyn etenemisestä on saatavilla useista lähteistä, ja on tärkeää seurata viranomaisten ohjeita. Hurrikaanien seuraaminen on vaikeaa - kuten dramaattinen tapaus merenneito Arielilla, joka jakoi sydämensä kuhunkin suuntaan, mutta on tärkeää tietää, että valmius on avainasemassa. Sen vuoksi jälleen kerran kaikille Floridan asukkaille korostuu valmistautumisen tärkeys.
Miksi ihmeessä Hurrikaanit saavat niin paljon mediahuomiota? Koska ne voivat aiheuttaa valtavia tuhoja, ja historia on täynnä tarinoita myrskyjen valloittamista kaupungeista! Esimerkiksi Hurrikaani Katrina vuonna 2005 aiheutti valtavat tuhot New Orleansissa ja muistutti kaikkia myrskyjen voimasta. Hurrikaani Helene on vaarallinen, mutta se on myös mielenkiintoinen luonnonilmiö, joka muistuttaa meitä sään arvaamattomuudesta ja kunnioituksesta luontoa kohtaan.
Muista, että vaikka myrskyt voivat vaikuttaa pelottavilta, niitä voidaan ennustaa ja niihin voidaan valmistautua. Pidä huolta itsestäsi ja läheisistäsi, ja älä unohda pitää tuulettimen mukana, jos sähköt menevät poikki!
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 is expected to strengthen into Hurricane Helene Wednesday and could be a Category 3 hurricane by landfall Thursday.
The disturbance is forecast to become Hurricane Helene on Wednesday as it approaches the Gulf Coast.
A tropical disturbance in the Caribbean is expected to become Tropical Storm Helene today, and it could become a major hurricane soon after.
Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 is expected to move over the Gulf of Mexico and become a hurricane on Wednesday, strengthening on a projected path toward ...
Hurricane watches were in effect for Florida's Tampa Bay and from Englewood to Indian Pass, as well as for eastern Mexico from Cabo Catoche to Tulum and for ...
Watches were issued ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine is slowly getting better developed. This system will likely organize into tropical storm Helene ...
National Hurricane Center data reports Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, with a maximum sustained wind of 35 mph is moving 9 mph to the northwest, ...
Forecasters have issued hurricane and surge watches for much of the Tampa Bay region ahead of what is expected to become Hurricane Helene.
Tropical Storm Helene has formed and is forecast to strengthen into a large, major hurricane before it strikes Florida's Gulf Coast Thursday night. Where is it ...
A hurricane watch and warnings of storm surges up to 15 feet high were issued Tuesday for almost all of Florida's western coastline as Tropical Storm Helene ...
National Hurricane Center data reports Tropical Storm Helene, with a maximum sustained wind of 45 mph is moving 12 mph to the northwest, as of Tuesday, ...
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine strengthened into Tropical Storm Helene Tuesday morning. The storm picked up the pace as it heads toward Gulf.
The Gulf Coast is bracing for a major hurricane landfall late this week as Tropical Storm Helene is forecast to rapidly intensify into a Category 3 storm ...
National Hurricane Center data reports Tropical Storm Helene, with a maximum sustained wind of 45 mph is moving 12 mph to the northwest, as of Tuesday, ...
A tropical storm watch was issued for Polk County. Tropical Storm Helene is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane before landfall Thursday.
Hurricane, tropical storm watches are in effect for parts of Florida as Tropical Storm Helene could hit state as major Categoy 3 hurricane.
Helene becomes the 8th named storm of the 2024 hurricane season, with forecasts indicating it will reach “major” category 3 status over the Eastern Gulf of ...
Tropical Storm Helene is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane before landfall, bringing moderate wind and heavy rain to Bay County.
Tropical Storm Helene formed in the Caribbean on Tuesday and could become Hurricane Helene before it strikes Florida later this week.
It is expected to strengthen to a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico over the next two days. Even if it passes to the west of Pinellas County, it could bring ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—At 9:30AM today, Governor DeSantis was joined by Kevin Guthrie, Executive Director for the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) ...
Location: Quintana Roo · Event: The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reports that Tropical Storm Helene is projected to pass close to the Yucatan Peninsula as it ...
Here's how Brevard County will be affected by the system brewing in the tropics that's expected to become Hurricane Helene this week.
At 5 p.m. Tuesday, the center of Helene was about 385 miles southwest of Key West. The tropical cyclone was moving west-northwest at 12 mph with sustained winds ...
Hurricane Helene has ...