TOPSHOT - People fill sandbags at Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex for possible flooding ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Helene in Clearwater, Florida, on September 25, 2024. Florida on September 24 started preparing for Helene, due to make landfall later in the week as a powerful Category 3 hurricane. Helene, currently churning over the Caribbean with maximum sustained winds of 50 miles (85kms) per hour, is projected to rapidly strengthen through the Gulf of Mexico before slamming into the Florida coast on September 26, according to the National Hurricane Center. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP) (Photo by RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)