Category 4 Hurricane Helene to continue to strengthen as it approaches landfall

[@cindyspangler3982]

Hurricane Ian hit us during the day, and was terrible. A hurricane at night is a terrifying nightmare. Praying for my N.Florida and Panhandle neighbors.

[@BlossomWithTheCarters]

Praying for all in it's pathway and the surrounding areas

[@aypraise6255]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Lessoninablessing]

this is a selfless comment. You said Praying for (all)🤙🏿🤙🏿.

[@405DC]

Go ahead. It won't change the outcome though. 😑

[@Curubita6503]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💝🫶🏼

[@jetwoods7453]

Prayers from Connecticut 🙏🏼 Please be Safe and Please don’t forget the Animals!

[@m3zmr]

The actual worst state in the country. Far past California but people don't really know just how horrible connecticut is. Or how ironic it is that it's the "constitution" state 😂

[@patton303]

@@m3zmr Connecticut is amazing. Best state in the country. All states should be like Connecticut.

[@Anniebee3300]

@@m3zmrwhat? Why are you commenting about Connecticut? What has that got to do with a hurricane in Florida?

[@uhhIdontlikeyou]

I hate hurricanes it makes everything go to the s***😪

[@LuhJavon223]

Amen

[@richardthomas6331]

Please be safe Tallahassee Florida. My thoughts and prayers are with you ❤❤❤

[@joniangelsrreal6262]

Sending love and prayers to everyone ❤

[@rogerpedrosa1854]

Feels like I'm at school. Nice work Mr weatherman explaining it...

[@richardthomas6331]

@@rogerpedrosa1854 What the weather people showed us about the movements of tropical storms and hurricanes is very educational

[@PalmBeachFlorida24]

Stay Safe! 80s wardrobe looks smooth 💨

[@BradBishop-o5l]

I appreciate how you are very detailed and explain everything. Thank you.

[@camillemccarther9700]

I came here to say this. I literally felt so informed especially w/the break downs

[@BobbyFixIt]

So what does this mean Steve?! Do I still have to pay rent or?

[@rebecarodriguez1532]

😂😂😂

[@tonyalston4838]

Only if your house is still standing

[@evognayr]

We all should stop paying

[@zzevonplant]

​@@evognayrThat's an incredibly stupid idea, & it's theft.

[@PoeLemic]

@@zzevonplant Well, I hope everything falls apart, because I'm just gonna not pay after the STorm. I'll say that my company closed or something.

[@hfinn5706]

Suspenders. Are they making a comeback

[@ChristThroughTheLens]

Yes I probably wear a pair of them about two times a week and I'm starting to wear bow ties now do we need to bring back the old style of dress for males I mean after all it is the 20s right

[@dmc3489]

Only on ABC

[@RichardQuaid]

20 foot surge, he may need them.

[@crystaldon4995]

NO

[@roberthouston3809]

Didn't know they ever left

[@GamePlayer547]

Well you all stay safe. Watching this from Wisconsin and he seems to be giving a rational realistic but serious report here.

[@PabloGonzalez-y9w]

Florida will make it 🎉

[@iixii_2krazy]

My people in Tampa right now. It’s windy af

[@Dan16673]

Windy af in fort myers also

[@iixii_2krazy]

@@Dan16673 stay safe

[@otmargreb6110]

Prayers and stay safe!

[@wallytverstol8627]

stay safe people

[@AscheWholeProductions]

I had given serious thought to moving to Florida. I decided that was not going to be a smart decision. I've been proven correct several times already.

[@zaejohnson3414]

I still want to move from south ga to Jacksonville and later maybe Tampa 😩

[@stevedyches4635]

When you find a safe place on the planet let me know.

[@barbaraking3308]

Keep praying for the all of its in Florida from the top to the bottom Panama to

[@evas2coolforyu]

praying for FL🥺💕🙏

[@stevekoch4540]

K. Steiner take care in Clearwater, FL.!! 🌊🌀

[@rhllc8166]

Wow!! What a teacher!

[@intanbaharuddin2703]

😮hi from Malaysia....😮woww...what a monster! # stay safe Fl

[@crazytrain03]

Heading straight into Taylor county area....storm of the century in 93 had 12ft storm surge and that was devastating. Born and riased in perry. Prayers from Montana to everybody

[@gigibee]

Thanks Denis!! ❤

[@ronaldrybacki6808]

I’m a truck driver sitting in Vidalia ga, waiting to deliver power polls to cities in ga & Florida

[@Curubita6503]

Thank you for your service.

[@slayer7682]

Sending Prayers to my home state

[@savannanelson320]

My first time here I like this guy.I'm getting educated more and more🤗

[@eieiojklf712]

in Ohio with LOTS of rain & a wind advisory. Stay safe, Florida!

[@stevenmorrison4692]

Still on point with intensity and landfall location that the GFS models showed 10 days ago.

[@alonzovillarreal4666]

Love this analysis

[@EricaHansberry]

We can already feel the wind bands here in SE Georgia. Godspeed everyone 🙏🏾.

[@sarahathearn1013]

No freaking way I didn't know how HHHUUUUUUGGGGGGEEEEEEE it is

[@johnwoa]

Chief Meteorologist Denis Phillips' weather forecasts and analyses carry the "original" Seal of Approval of the American Meteorological Society. You can't top that!

[@HTub-bo2yl]

When the power goes out it's kinda nice to know the projection

[@carolynking1286]

Praying for all those in path of Hurricane Helene

[@davidgrey2620]

This is one of the best weather men I have ever seen. He did a great job explaining everything in detail

[@zay57]

Tallahassee is gonna get leveled.

[@Meme_me_JoJo1870]

Starting from Florida and endin at atlanta I think it is much better if I got out of atlanta because it might be worse here than it was in Florida

[@kanmuri904]

It will surely weaken before it gets to Atlanta, there’s no large bodies of water to help keep it sustained. It’ll be a lot of rain and some strong thunderstorms when it gets to Atlanta

[@informanti]

Nah, just a bunch of rain really

[@joshplayzgamingpetsandcode2052]

Can I get some prayers I’m not in FL but the hurricane is going right over me in GA

[@ANAMINISTRY]

Praying for you, same boat here we are in Georgia praying it’s weakened by the time it passes by

[@joshplayzgamingpetsandcode2052]

@@ANAMINISTRY yeah I actually saw there was a tornado in Savannah

[@zaejohnson3414]

South ga here Coffee County we’ve only had light rain so far but my old stomping grounds (Savannah and Tybee ) have gotten a lot 😩😩😩

[@joshplayzgamingpetsandcode2052]

@@zaejohnson3414 yeah make sure to stay clear of that area there was a tornado there about 15-20 minutes aho

[@zaejohnson3414]

@@joshplayzgamingpetsandcode2052 hey y’all it did us BAD! We’ve been out of power ever since. Trees down everywhere, power lines! Worse disaster my city has ever encountered. We have hundreds of linemen and national guard here to help.

[@mercsity1923]

Just lost power, be safe everyone

[@watersport86]

So if it's East of the WEast, does the eyewall get more or less of the West wind moving East?

[@uniquenews2056]

I was there during Debby! Lots of floods and a tornado too

[@BeMoreAwareGodWatches]

It’s more like the hurricanes going straight to Georgia. 🇬🇪 prayers for everybody in the path!!

[@PeterChowchow]

That’s the flag for the country of Georgia you dummy

[@elsieschmaltz6754]

Some miracles do happen even in a crisis 🙏❤️

[@rogermarrow2450]

To all the fashion Critics just shut up

[@AnnaMorris411]

😂😂😂

[@darwinapala960]

What's wrong with it? Looks nice

[@zaejohnson3414]

😂😂😂 I’m here to listen and know what to expect in south GA. His outfit didn’t pass my mind until this comment 😂😂 it it a mess but it’s ok lol

[@robnagy1408]

Im flying into orlando tomorrow at 1030am from texas. Do you think my flight will just get delayed? Or cancelled

[@mesaluv08]

Probably

[@Sscoller2]

Idk it depends :/

[@sandyjamison5929]

Both 🙂

[@PalmBeachFlorida24]

Maybe delayed, they're on schedule and open.

[@intanbaharuddin2703]

@@robnagy1408 ...most definitely...Helene won't just dissipate after landfall.

[@susanlutz5062]

That beast looks big enough to cover all of Florida

[@aaroncarmichael5548]

Has been great math work in I graded you solid D

[@RepublicanClooney]

Melbourne's like, What up, Surf!

[@lllm299news]

could be worse, you could live in Texas with the worst power grid in the country praying for yall

[@DISCMANJEFF]

Forget the Power Grid.... What about all the illegals flooding your state and draining the life out of it.....

[@joeblow229]

Digging the suspenders, as a guy who wears them himself.

[@jennyterrell6354]

Oak trees down in my sister’s neighborhood in Orlando- full oak trees

[@dayonbutler4758]

Oh no Great Grandma!😱

[@titanic55]

I’m flying into Atlanta tomorrow from NYC, do you think my flight will get cancelled? I’m supposed to land at 1PM

[@Mtnsandoceans]

Serious question. Why do people build in harms way ?

[@GoldyRyun]

I’ve always wondered why anyone builds homes close to where they know hurricanes can and do come through, , I still think of hurricane Katrina and people being in feces and dead rotten victims of that hurricane and the people starving can’t get help it’s horrible , so looks like people would learn to stay away from those areas as much as possible, even here in Arkansas we can get the effects of hurricanes at times , and I’m as close to the water as I want to be, and I do feel sorry for the people who are in those areas,

[@2clix1]

Your in space on a rock stfu

[@Donna_Nola]

@@GoldyRyunGeorgia had a record number of tornadoes from Katrina. At least with a hurricane you can prepare….unlike with a tornado. These systems move deep inland. Should everyone move? You move west you have wildfires. You move north you have blizzards, ice, etc…🤷🏻‍♀️ But most off all, people live down here because it’s home.

[@zaejohnson3414]

@@Donna_Nolaright. Just have to take home insurance seriously in such areas.

[@WendelltheSongwriter]

Denis always the best

[@PC_TV_73]

I’ll be in Orlando Florida on Tuesday. Do I have anything to worry about?

[@NateH1984]

I don't think so, that's five days away.

[@PC_TV_73]

@@NateH1984 thanks. Last time I was in Florida last November the last three days were nothing but rain so I’m hoping I don’t have multiple rain days again in Orlando. I don’t mind when it rains a little bit and stops, but I have three nonstop days of rain the first time that ever happened to me in Orlando, Florida

[@Linda-ic1il]

No the forecast has perfect weather starting this Friday. You'll be fine, enjoy!!!

[@PC_TV_73]

@@Linda-ic1il thank you I’m praying. Love Orlando /Disney the whole shebang. I’m 51 my wife is 46. Our son is 10 and I would love to move down there, but my son always complains about missing family if we move even though the sad reality is we only see our family a few holidays a year anyway and they live 10 minutes from us. Maybe one day.

[@user-cx2bk6pm2f]

So NNE is a little bit east of north. Gee thanks for clearing that up.

[@TheMolacho1]

My head hurts now!

[@bigwill9027]

What’s up brothers ☝️

[@ChristineFoshay]

Dennis, What are the Wind Speeds in Holiday??????😢

[@danialhillmann5374]

Man it's a shame jfk must have been joking when he said we would control the weather We did try in Vietnam with operation "pop eye"

[@YTASSHOE]

JFK wasn't joking. Nothing in our world is happenstance anymore.

[@donjuan6940]

It's getting dangerous out there

[@rickpope4545]

Hell its coming to Tennessee be here at7 in the morning i will hold tight

[@mr.pizzamarlon]

Please listen to your local authorities and save your lives! 🙏🏼

[@jlambe19]

The incompetent? No thanks.

[@alexbussing4394]

Why was this guy trying to make me feel dumb for not being a meteorologist

[@juliagriego7693]

😂😂😂Right!!!

[@denesehilger2203]

Is the airport going to be open tomorrow night?

[@KeithMoore-tk6rh]

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

[@Glide-vd5we]

Run for your life it's going to be way worse than what they are saying you have been warned.

[@aliciaperry9439]

How close will this get to Pensacola/Tampa Florida? I have family there.

[@iixii_2krazy]

Me too they get alot of rain and wind. Pretty heavy wind

[@thirtynine3955]

Tampa is getting lots of wind

[@ChristineFoshay]

Chime Way is a mess in Holiday. Other Neighbor just had a big tree fall on his Chicken Coup.

[@ChristineFoshay]

How strong is the wind in Holiday?

[@Thiagor0405]

… pray for people that got hit by the hurricane and the powerful. I don’t know if it’s powerful or not. I know about tornadoes not hurricanes

[@Art_slayting]

I AM IN GA BRO AND THERE IS A POND AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 😢

[@jackiemilton7201]

reminds me of Eloise in 1975. Iy might do some serious inland damage.

[@je1947]

I just want to know why ground observations never come close to the hurricane ratings which is what the hurricane scale is for? Cat 4 eye wall just went over buoy and only recorded 71 mph sustained wind and 107 mph gusts. This happened with every hurricane i started tracking.

[@HTub-bo2yl]

Because they send up an aircraft to measure it not a boat.

[@je1947]

@@HTub-bo2yl that's kind of what I'm getting at

[@heavenlydays2838]

Jacksonville is wating for the strongest winds at 12 midnight. 65mph ? Wait and see.

[@Linda-ic1il]

That will do very little damage if at all. Born and raised here, 65mph is nothing.

[@Callsign_Phoenixxx]

Nah he ate w the fit that goes hard

[@JavierJaimes-uy5ln]

Yup this is going to hit Preston st which means i have to my friends house until the hurricane ends

[@shinderchaihal9027]

Waheguru ji 🙏🙏

[@Top._.G]

Category 4 is not a joke I'm from miai.l

[@musclemachine2721]

The storm will continue northeast all the way into North Carolina I don't know why models have it curve into the Atlanta direction. That's not happening.

[@looseknaught]

I'm the 90% in Missouri

[@lynnrunningdeer7364]

Until Mother Nature says "surprise, I decided to change direction".

[@bigal25938]

Hurricanes always increase in intensity when they come closer to the coast. Nothing new.

[@DeathAngel-tg9yk]

☠️ TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS IN CONGRESS...☠️

[@natondeckk]

I thought it passed already?

[@Clar3sia]

Mee too

[@aspenhancock1163]

It is currently happening right now in my area and I’m terrified I live 5 min from the beach

[@Michael-f4j]

​@@aspenhancock1163😮

[@natondeckk]

@@Clar3sia I’m in Orlando I’m so confused honestly people are saying it’s supposed to hit now i thought it was earlier in the day

[@HankHill1]

​@@aspenhancock1163keep us updated

[@gw61]

Not as much time to dump as Debbie did dump her dumping

[@OppositeoftheKinito]

Nah id win, they dont call me Katara fo no reason

[@DuskLegend]

Based water bender

[@Brianism_]

Might be gojo

[@DeathAngel-tg9yk]

☠️ I HAVE TESTIFIED•••MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ☠️

[@midnighteye2737]

These winds are so annoying

[@PluggdnentPNE]

🙏

[@ChristineFoshay]

Holiday is in Big Trouble. The Back Awning came off the Back of the house, went over the roof and smashed the neighbors car.

[@ralphnabozny8494]

its blowing a way. 8oclock; 9;00 pm realy blowing/moving at 12 mph

[@MirandaJacobs1912]

MY COUNTY IS LIKE THE ONLY INW TO NOT CLOSE TMRE LIKE BROOOO

[@kelenaklippel3176]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍

[@michaelsbrunner]

Y'all remember hurricane Andrew?

[@DeathAngel-tg9yk]

👼 no one disrespects me or California!

[@AnnaMorris411]

For a second there I thought this was an ophthalmology report! 😂

[@sangprice3418]

❤

[@SamVo-1982]

❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

[@ezrealnotezrean]

florida is safe, i just got intense rain, i got a tropical storm wanring

[@Mgamble214]

What part of Florida are you in?

[@jeremywalton8846]

Dude look like he doesn't know what's going on

[@bh2155]

Because he does not have a clue just like most meteorologist. They are the only people who get paid for not knowing what they are talking about and giving out incorrect information

[@DuskLegend]

Because it’s all guesstimation. We can use patterns of the past to predict weather but larger storm systems are unpredictable

[@e.turduckeny630]

He knows what he's talking about. Lifelong Floridian here who's been thru 40 years of storms and Denis Phillips is the guy most of us watch. Informative, down to earth and he doesn't scream "We're doomed!" every five minutes.

[@DuskLegend]

@@e.turduckeny630 to be fair if we were doomed the news would be the last place to say it, for better or worse

[@e.turduckeny630]

@@DuskLegend Touche