TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Hurricane Helena quickly plunged into the Gulf of Mexico after leaving Florida, causing a dangerous summer trek in the northwestern part of the state after becoming covered in water and raising the risk of flooding in much of the state, according to meteorologists.

I hope Helene reaches Category 3 before she hits the North American coast of Florida in the evening hours. For the Madrugada de Jueves, hurricane and flood warnings extended well along the entire coast to central Georgia. The governors of Florida, Georgia and Carolina declared states of emergency in their states.

The National Meteorological Service in Tallahassee is only 6 minutes (20 minutes) away and has a special “disaster and mortal danger” in Apalache Bay. Annoying that strong winds and intense waters also caused widespread flooding.

“This forecast, if complete, is a scenario of a trip to Apalache Bay,” the office said. “Por favor, por favor, por favor, ¡tómense en serious cualquier orden de evacuación!”

In Crawfordville, less than 40 km (25 miles) north of Apalache Beach, Christine Nazworth collected water, prepared food at Walmart and prepared meals. With her family sheltering in their home, prisoner Wakulla had issued an evacuation order.

“He’s back,” he said. “Que el Señor tenga piedad de nosotros. And the whole world is on the way.”

Wakulla was one of the residents who issued evacuation orders. On Florida’s Gulf coast, school districts and several universities are canceling classes.

During its first six months, Helene traveled about 560 km (350 mi) across the Tampa coast, reaching north at 19 km/h (12 mph) and reaching top speeds of 150 km/h (90 mph). Meteorologists calculated it would be upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane or greater, reaching a top speed of 177 km/h (110 mph).

It is likely that Helene is weakened by being on the ground, because “the rapid speed of destruction allows the fighters and fighters, especially the roads, to penetrate much on the ground and reach the safest land of the United States,” including the Apalaches Mountains, Advirtió el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos. The center emits tropical torments that have been brought to Carolina del Norte, adding that a good part of the region could cause long apagonies, loggerheads and floods in the desert.

Helene left the Mexican Yucatán Peninsula in the mountains, crossed the coast, shaking the trees on her way offshore and got into the Balneario of Cancún.

The ordeal took the form of martyrs in the Caribbean. In Cuba, the government is close to formally cutting off electricity in some areas just 5 minutes (16 minutes) from the Bahía de Cortés. Flooding occurred in the Caimán Islands, Cerraron schools and residents.

In Atlanta, it was still evening when empty shoppers were leaving the water bottles at a downtown Kroger supermarket. The National Meteorological Service in Atlanta is issuing flood warnings for a good portion of the state.

Charles McComb said Helene entered the coast deep in the city, which is more than 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of the Gulf of Mexico. “It’s very extraordinary that I carry him as best I can,” Charles said as he bought water, pan and embutido.

Without an embargo, there is a risk that there will be no electricity.

“If I live in a zone, I have not lost much for me to see the light,” comment.

When I noted that Helene felt even more agony when she visited the region years ago, she shared it with Phil Klotzbach, the Huracan investigator at the Universidad Estatal de Colorado. Since 1988, there were only three Huracans in the Gulf of Mexico that Helene had seen before: Irma in 2017, Wilma in 2005 and Opal in 1995.

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Hollingsworth reported from Mission, Kansas. Associated Press writers Seth Borenstein and New York; Jeff Amy in Atlanta; Danica Coto in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Andrea Rodríguez and La Habana; Mark Stevenson and María Verza in Ciudad de México; Claire Rush in Portland, Oregon; and Kate Payne in Crawfordville, Florida, contributed to this story.