Tropical Storm Helene is now the eighth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, and meteorologists are concerned about its rapid intensification.
According to the National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) 11 a.m. public advisory, Helene is nearing hurricane strength as it prepares to make landfall in the far northeastern Caribbean Sea early Wednesday, Sept. 25.
Tropical storm conditions are anticipated over portions of western Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula’s northwestern coast, where hurricane conditions are possible. Helene is also expected to increase in strength over the eastern Gulf of Mexico, becoming a major hurricane as it approaches the northeastern Gulf Coast on Thursday…