Forecasters say Helene has strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane as it races toward northwest Florida. The enormous storm is expected to make landfall Thursday night.
As preparations for next month's Bank of America ROVALβ’ 400 weekend continue, Charlotte Motor Speedway opened its campgrounds Wednesday for evacuees seeking refuge from Hurricane Helene.
Fast-moving Hurricane HeleneΒ was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, threatening an βunsurvivableβ storm surge in northwestern parts of the state as well as damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S., forecasters said.
Governor Henry McMaster today issued Executive Order 2024-24, declaring a State of Emergency in preparation for the potential effects of Hurricane Helene, and asks South Carolinians to monitor local forecasts and begin taking proper precautions.
Caldwell County Board of Commissioners Chairman Randy Church has declared a State of Emergency for Caldwell County effective at noon today (September 25), in preparation for Tropical Storm Helene for the county.Β