Hurricane Helene

Some counties in Southwest Florida are opening safe havens for homeless people, and those who feel their homes may not be safe during Hurricane Helene. Sixty-three people stayed at two safe havens in Lee County from Wednesday through Thursday morning.

Hurricane Helene is moving northward over the Gulf of Mexico intensifying and causing tornadic storms along the Florida Peninsula. It will make landfall Thursday night.

While most people are running from the dangers created by the massive Hurricane Helene, there are those who steer themselves into harm's way.While they aren't actually putting human lives in danger, the folks at Saildrone are putting their assets on the line by sailing equipment into the teeth of raging storms for their 2024 Hurricane Mission.

Free telehealth visits are available during the storm.

With little time to spare scientists with the USGS attached wave sensors on anything the agency thought might be standing after Hurricane Helene roared through

Florida counties are continuing to update orders for their residents to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Helene.Counties that have issued emergency mandatory evacuations for all their residents include Franklin, Taylor and Wakulla counties in the Big Bend region. Those counties include more than 72,000 people.Other counties have issued area-specific mandatory evacuations, according to Florida’s Division of Emergency Management.

As Hurricane Helene heads toward Florida, Lee County has updates about trash collection.

Some Charlotte County residents are making different decisions on whether to leave their homes in advance of tropical system Helene.The county is ordering some mandatory evacuations.

The next 24 hours will include Helene intensifying to a major category hurricane. Impacts will spread for hundreds of miles away from its center

Lee County will open two Safe Havens on Wednesday afternoon.