Sept. 25, 2024 | 10:43 a.m.
The National Hurricane Center provided its latest update on now Hurricane Helene on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m.
Little change is shown in the path of the storm, which still has the eye going east of Santa Rosa County. There are currently no watches or warnings for Santa Rosa County.
However, the storm has strengthened, now becoming hurricane with sustained winds of about 80 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service. The Tropical Storm warning was extended west to the Okaloosa County/Walton County line.
The storm is expected to make landfall in Florida’s big bend region around 7 p.m. on Thursday.
