Hurricane Helene is expected to bring life-threatening storm surges as high as 20ft. Plus, Eric Adams charged
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Hurricane Helene made landfall as a category 4 hurricane in the Florida Big Bend region around 11.10pm ET on Thursday, one of the strongest hurricanes on record to hit Florida. The storm weakened to a category 1 overnight.
At least three people have been killed, CNN reported. One person died after a sign fell and hit a car in Florida, and two in Georgia when they were caught in a tornado related to the storm.
Hurricane Helene is expected to bring life-threatening storm surges as high as 20ft to Florida’s coast. Officials have described Helene as an unusually large storm with a wind field extending 275 miles from its center.
Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Virginia have declared emergencies. President Joe Biden urged people to listen to local officials and follow evacuation warnings.Netanyahu says Israel ‘will not stop’ attacks on Lebanon despite ceasefire calls
Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel “will not stop” its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon despite calls from the US, France and other allies for an immediate three-week ceasefire aimed at containing the spread of a conflict that is beginning to engulf Lebanon.
The calls for an immediate ceasefire were backed on Thursday night by Lebanon’s minister for foreign affairs, Abdallah Bou Habib, who told the UN general assembly his country was enduring a crisis that “threatens its very existence”.
