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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Heather Hollingsworth and Stephen Smith

Hurricane Helene threatens ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge and damage, forecasters say

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Fast-moving Hurricane Helene was advancing Thursday across the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, threatening an “unsurvivable” 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 US, forecasters said.

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