Hurricane possible, AccuWeather says "Should development take place in the southwestern gulf and move along a narrow east-northeast path toward the Florida Peninsula, there is the

Florida could see a Category 2 hurricane hit next week, bringing surge and high winds to the recovering west coast and serious flood risks to South and Central Florida. The National Hurricane Center’s first cone of uncertainty for Tropical Depression 10 puts it on an eastward path through the Gulf of Mexico and into Florida’s west coast on Wednesday — a second blow for a region still catching its breath from the devastating Category 4 Hurricane Helene.

American golfer Harold Varner III has put his clubs to one side in order to help with the relief efforts taking place in his home state of North Carolina, which has been severely impacted by Helene, the deadliest hurricane to hit the US mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.