Helene strengthens to a Category 4 hurricane as it nears Florida’s Gulf Coast
Tampa Bay Times
The St. Pete Pier is pictured among high winds and waves as Hurricane Helene makes its way toward the Florida panhandle, passing west of Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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A Sam’s Club employee wraps wraps fuel pumps ahead of Hurricane Helene, expected to make landfall Thursday evening in Valdosta, Ga.
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Vera Kelly, of Tallahassee, lies on a cot after evacuating to a hurricane shelter with her grandchildren and great grandchildren, at Fairview Middle School, ahead of Hurricane Helene, expected to make landfall here today, on Thursday, in Leon County, Fla.
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A woman being photographed in front of the Southernmost Point marker in Key West, Fla., is drenched by waves from approaching Hurricane Helene.
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Paulette McLin takes in the scene Wednesday outside her summer home ahead of Hurricane Helene, expected to make landfall Thursday evening, in Alligator Point, Fla.
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This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image was taken at 5:51 p.m. Wednesday showing Hurricane Helene in the Gulf of Mexico.
Tampa Bay Times
Sandbags are filled at a public site Tuesday while residents prepare their homes for potential flooding in Tarpon Springs, Fla., as Tropical Storm Helene approaches.
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Dave McCurley boards up the windows to his home Wednesday in advance of Tropical Storm Helene, expected to make landfall as a hurricane, in Ochlockonee Bay, Fla.
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Bobby Joe Edwards, Sr., and his wife Lillie Edwards, of Walkalla, Fla., and their grandson Tavarrious Dixon, rest inside a hurricane evacuation shelter at Fairview Middle School, ahead of Hurricane Helene, expected to make landfall here today, on Thursday, in Leon County, Fla.
