Most Florida ports were closed Thursday ahead of Hurricane Helene’s arrival in the Big Bend region, threatening what meteorologists called a deadly Category 2 storm expected to grow stronger before making landfall.
The hurricane, forecast to hit Florida Thursday night or early Friday, will likely strengthen as it approaches the United States, the National Hurricane Center said. Helene is expected to be “a catastrophic and deadly storm,” forecasters predict.
Port Tampa Bay closed shipping lanes...
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