Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 was fighting some shear in the western Caribbean that was causing it to struggle to get organized Tuesday morning but was forecast to strengthen into Tropical Storm Helene later in the day.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine – which is expected to become Hurricane Helene – should make landfall at the end of this week.

Forecasters say they expect Tropical Storm Helene in the Caribbean Sea to strengthen rapidly and become a hurricane as it moves north across the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday toward the U.S. The Nationa

Another storm system is taking aim at Florida, this time possibly the Panhandle with storm effects all along the Gulf Coast. Tropical Storm Helene, soon to be a hurricane, is sweeping up from the Caribbean Sea into extremely warm waters that are fuel for tropical cyclones.

Florida residents are already evacuating and filling sandbags days ahead of anticipated flooding from Tropical Storm Helene

The path of Hurricane Helene has shifted slightly as the major storm draws closer to Florida, forecasters have said. The rapidly intensifying storm is expected to hit Florida on Thursday evening, with its path now shifting slightly to the west.