Evacuations are underway and time is running out for Floridians to prepare for Helene, which threatens to hit as the strongest storm to make landfall in the United States in over a year. Tropical Storm Helene formed in the northwestern Caribbean Sea Tuesday morning and will set off on a breakneck pace of strengthening.

Tropical Storm Helene threatens Florida, placing most of the state on high alert as it is one of the strongest storms to make landfall in the United States in over a year, according to CNN.