St. Matthew’s House says it's opening its two emergency homeless shelters in Naples and Immokalee to the public du

The highest landfall probability is somewhere along the eastern part of the Florida Panhandle late Thursday evening, forecasters said.

Southwest Floridians should not worry about Hurricane Ian-like intensity. Still, residents "will feel impacts from this large storm well outside of the cone," Matt Devitt with WINK Weather forecast on Facebook.

Tropical Storm Helene is gaining strength as it moves toward the Gulf of Mexico, where it's expected to rapidly intensify before reaching Florida as a major hurricane.