Know if your home in flood zone

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Know if your home in flood zone

Hurricane Helene is taking aim at Florida, with experts predicting it could rapidly intensify into a major hurricane before making landfall Thursday.

Life-threatening storm surge and flooding rains are among the many impacts predicted along Florida’s Gulf Coast.

“There is a danger of life-threatening storm surge for Apalachee Bay. Storm surge may begin to arrive as early as late Wednesday night ahead of the winds,” the National Weather Service Tallahassee said.

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“This forecast, if realized, is a nightmare surge scenario for Apalachee Bay. Please, please, please take any evacuation orders seriously!”

And the storm surge threat isn’t limited to where landfall is expected in the Big Bend area — the entire Gulf Coast faces the threat.

But how do you know if you live in an evacuation zone and what’s the difference between Zone A and Zone F?

Here are answers to your questions.

Radar images of Hurricane Helene

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