{"id":2540,"date":"2026-02-01T01:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/?p=2540"},"modified":"2026-02-01T01:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T01:15:17","slug":"breaking-news-large-hurricane-category-forming-7-see-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/?p=2540","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS Large HURRICANE CATEGORY forming\u2026 7 See more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING NEWS: The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has begun posting advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, which will likely become Tropical Storm Helene later today or tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2541\" src=\"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ergdfgdrter-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ergdfgdrter-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ergdfgdrter.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Big Picture: Tropical Storm Helene will likely form in the NW<br \/>\nCaribbean later today or tonight, then strengthen to a hurricane as it approaches an area from the Florida Panhandle through West Central Florida on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2542\" src=\"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trhfghrtyrty-173x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"977\" height=\"1694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trhfghrtyrty-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trhfghrtyrty.jpg 553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Helene could intensify to a category 2 or 3 hurricane that will likely produce a large wind field, and inflict wind, storm surge and rainfall impacts to a broad area of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Detail:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasts an area of disorganized thunderstorms to become better organized and form a center of circulation in the NW Caribbean Sea later today or tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2543\" src=\"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/regdgertert-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"973\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/regdgertert-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/regdgertert.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The storm would likely be named Helene, and is forecast to track through the Yucatan Channel, then become a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2544\" src=\"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ergdfgdrter-1-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ergdfgdrter-1-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ergdfgdrter-1.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING NEWS: The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has begun posting advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, which will likely become Tropical Storm Helene later today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-viral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2545,"href":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2540\/revisions\/2545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davisrubin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}