Households in florida are reportedlyfl without power and thousands have been ordered to evacuate from their thhomes. As you can see from these satellite images, helene is huge and is expected to effect nearly the entire state of florida with damaging winds and heavy rain. Still what mayea bring the most danger areri the Storm Surges. Earlier today residents experienced flooding in places like pine island, which is just outside of fort myers. But flooding will likely get much worse across the state as the night continues. A Storm Surge Warning is in place for almost the entirety of floridas west coast. This video is a simulation of what could happen if the Storm Surge rises to approximately 10 feet. But in some parts of florida officials warn that Hurricane Helene could cause Storm Surges of c up to 20 feet, around doub the amount shown in in simulatiOn And those officials are calling that a level of Sto Surge potentially unsurvivable. Earlier today the first bands of Wind Andt Rain Las
Watching at this very moment to take this storm very seriously, and please follow the guidance of your local officials. The Storm Storm Surge is well beyond the immediate path of the mur cane, could be significant and deadly for you and your Familys Sake Everyone near the path listen to local officials. 20 foot Storm Surge, you cant good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, September 27th im jonathan lemire, and we start this morning with Breaking News out of florida, where Hurricane Helene just a moment ago downgraded to tropical Storm Helene, Made Landfall as a category 4, making it at the time the strongest hurricane to ever hit floridas Big Ben at this hour the storm has indeed weakened, but forecasters warn it could still bring life threatening winds and unsurvivable Storm Surge with waters reaching as high as 20 feet in some places. So far the devastating impact has led to three it deaths, one in florida, two in georgia. At least 1 Million florida customers remai