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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has begun issuing advisories for Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, which is expected to develop into Tropical Storm Helene later today or tonight.’
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Helene is forecast to form in the northwestern Caribbean and strengthen into a hurricane as it moves toward the Florida Panhandle and West Central Florida.
The storm could reach Category 2 or 3 intensity, producing a wide area of impacts including strong winds, storm surge, and heavy rainfall across Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.
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The NHC predicts that currently disorganized thunderstorms in the northwestern Caribbean will consolidate, forming a defined center of circulation today or tonight.
Once organized, the storm is expected to move through the Yucatán Channel and intensify into a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.
