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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore and agency

Hurricane Helene forecast to be most powerful storm to hit US in a year

Tropical Storm Helene strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday morning.

The tempest was labeled a category 1 hurricane and the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said it was packing maximum sustained winds of 80mph (128km/h) as it churned in the eastern Gulf of Mexico just off the coast of the Yucatán peninsula.

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