Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall Thursday night along the Florida Gulf Coast near Tallahassee and then veer north, maintaining hurricane- and tropical storm-force winds and torrential rainfall into North Georgia and up to Tennessee.
Up to 18 inches of rain is expected into the Carolinas, the National Weather Service said Thursday.
About 40 million Americans are living under direct hurricane or tropical storm warnings across five states, according to CNN Supervising Meteorologist Brandon Miller.
But by 2 or 3 a.m., those winds are going to be 50 to 60 miles per hour, potentially, and so you need to prepare for that before you go to sleep,” Miller said.
“That’s something people can do: Pick a room in their house that is the most protected from falling debris, and sleep there tonight,” Miller said.
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Locations:
Florida Gulf, Tallahassee, North Georgia, Tennessee
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