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Tropical Storm Helene has intensified into a hurricane and is predicted to turn into a dangerous Category 3 storm before hitting the US Gulf Coast on Thursday.

Forecasters warn the major hurricane could bring "life-threatening" storm surge, damaging winds and flooding to a large portion of Florida and the south-eastern US.

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[โ€“] tardigrada 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As parts of the U.S. prepare for the landfall of the Hurricane this week, a friendly reminder that Donald Trump's Project 2025 would eliminate the National Weather Service and NOAA.

[โ€“] drwho 3 points 1 month ago

It may as well be a passive-aggressive depopulation strategy. Until it's not passive anymore, anyway.