Hurricane Helen strengthened yesterday Thursday to an “extremely dangerous” category 4 phenomenon on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale, with winds of up to 215 kilometers per hour, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced. The hurricane is approaching the coast of northwest Florida—the third most populous US state—and was expected to make landfall by the end of the day (early morning Greek time), according to the NHC, part of the US National Weather Service’s system, on which is based in Miami. As Hurricane Helen’s extreme gusts continue to batter Florida, nearly 300,000 people are without power. A total of 291,553 consumers are in the dark, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks power outages. Helen is due to reach the state later, so power outages could continue to increase. The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office asked residents who refuse to evacuate to handwrite their names in permanent marker, posting on social media […]
Source: News Beast
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