How will Brevard be affected by a storm brewing in the Caribbean that is expected to form into a significant hurricane?

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday said Florida is preparing for a direct hit from a major hurricane that could intensify quickly before it makes landfall in the Panhandle later this week. The National Hurricane Center predicted a tropical storm currently in the Gulf of Mexico will become Hurricane Helene as it moves north toward Florida by Thursday.

You can expect gusty winds and potential flooding in South Florida this week from the fringe effects of expected Hurricane Helene as it passes to the west on a track toward the Florida Panhandle. South Florida will “begin to see the first fringe impacts” from Tropical Storm Helene on Tuesday night into Wednesday as “deep tropical moisture” begins to move northward,