Hurricane Arlene 2024 Tracker Today. Hurricane helene reached florida's gulf coast late thursday as an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane,'' forcing mandatory evacuations for several counties as. Tropical storm helene formed tuesday in the caribbean sea and could strengthen into a major hurricane while moving north toward the u.s., forecasters said.

Image from satellite shows former hurricane and then tropical storm helene as of 5:30 a.m. Hurricane and storm surge watches have been issued for portions of the florida gulf coast tuesday as potential tropical cyclone nine strengthened into.