Hurricane Helene 2024 Tacoma. Helene is expected to rapidly intensify over the eastern gulf of mexico and be a major hurricane when it approaches the northeastern gulf coast on thursday. Helene could be a large storm at the time of landfall.
The powerful category 4 storm brought damaging winds, flooding, and storm surge to the communities in its path, according to media reports. This graphic shows an approximate representation of coastal areas under a hurricane warning (red), hurricane watch (pink), tropical storm warning (blue) and tropical storm watch (yellow).