(25 Sep 2024)
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Tallahassee, Florida – 25 September 2024
1. Various of people filling sandbags
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Osmar, Tallahassee resident:
"You know I’ve been through a few. I’ve only been here since 2010, so enough to have seen a few. I got a bad feeling about this one. We’ve never taken that direct hit. It’s supposed to moving fast so I’m worried about the winds more than the water. We’ve got three big trees over the house. One of them is 500 years old. And I’m not sure that tree’s ever seen a storm like this. So we’re going to be leaving town later today."
3. People preparing sandbags
STORYLINE:
People in Tallahassee prepared sandbags as Helene strengthened into a hurricane Wednesday, and forecasters warned that the storm would intensify as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico on a path to Florida.
The storm had already prompted residents to evacuate, schools to close and officials to declare emergencies in Florida and Georgia.
The hurricane was about 500 miles (810 kilometers) southwest of Tampa, Florida, and had sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Forecasters said it is expected to become a major hurricane with its center making landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida’s northwestern coast as soon as late Thursday.
The center has issued hurricane warnings for part of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and Florida’s northwestern coastline, where large storm surges of up to 15 feet (4.5 meters) were expected.
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