Forecasters warned residents along Florida’s Gulf coast of potential Hurricane Helene, which is expected to form in the next 48 hours and track toward an area somewhere between Tampa and Pensacola late in the week.

In anticipation of what is classified as a potential tropical cyclone, Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency in more than half of the state. The governor’s executive order issued Monday covers 41 counties,

A system called Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine centered about 350 miles south-southeast of the western tip of Cuba has prompted tropical storm and hurricane watches in western Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico,