President Biden warns Hurricane Helene could be 'significant and deadly'
President Joe Biden addressed the dangerous conditions Hurricane Helene poses on its track to make landfall Thursday.
"Take this seriously. I -- from the bottom of my heart -- please take it seriously, anybody listening to this," Biden said during a White House event on gun violence.
"The tendency is to say, 'I can do this,' but you can't. Twenty-foot storm surge. You can't," Biden added.
Officials have forecast inundation from Hurricane Helene could reach as high as 20 feet in Florida's Big Bend region.
Biden also warned about the storm surge beyond just the path of the hurricane.
"The potential of storm surge is well beyond the immediate path [of] the hurricane; [it] could be significant and deadly," Biden added. "You know, for you and your family's sakes, I urge everyone in and near the path of the hurricane to listen to local officials and follow evacuation orders and be told to do so."