The Atlantic Hurricane season has been quiet too, (which is good) except for Beryl. Hurricane Helene has been developing in the Caribbean, hammering the Yucatan Peninsula, and now is moving northward to Florida's panhandle. Helene is a fast moving hurricane and it's size is very concerning. Forecasters believe it will make landfall as a Cat 3, with storm surge up to 15 feet on some coastal areas. I'm picking up on the uncertainty, that it may be stronger hurricane though. By it's landfall location in Florida, Helene threatens the whole state of Georgia in it's path with a full impact of wind, torrential rainfall and severe storms. The more Helene goes inland it will lose strength but will create severe flooding and severe thunderstorms for surrounding states. This is a severe hurricane, not by it's category, but by it's path, size and landfall location.

As I've had the television on the Weather Channel all day, I'm seeing that they are forecasting Helene to be a Cat 4 at landfall.  This will be a devastating storm and I hope people are listening to their local news closely and evacuating if necessary.  The storm surge alone is not survivable.  Please take head to the local authorities advice.

Keep these Americans in your thoughts for safety.

Hurricane Helene was an extremely large storm but a fast moving storm with severe storm surge in some coastal areas and some people died. Helene did make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds at or above 130mph. There are millions of people without power in Florida and I'm not sure the statistics in Georgia yet for power outages. There was lots of flooding, flooding rescues throughout both states, as well as substantial structure damage and severe flood damage in homes and businesses. I've looked at some pictures already this morning; powerful! Helene's has affected as far east as the Carolina's with storms tornadoes and flooding and moving northward through Tennessee as a tropical storm.