As Hurricane Helene transfers over the eastrict Gulf of Mexico punctual Thursday morning and proximates landdrop in Florida’s Big Bend coast, travel apass Florida is facing presentant disturbions, with cut offal airports closing ahead of the storm and airlines aborting hundreds of fairys.
Some store locations are closing or altering their hours ahead of Hurricane Helene, including grocery store chains such as Publix, as well as theme parks such as Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Walt Disney World, with the latter closing some parts of its park on Thursday.
Helene is fortifying over the Gulf’s hot waters, picking up to highest carry oned triumphds of 100 miles per hour. That made it a Categruesome 2 hurricane as of Thursday morning, according to the hurricane cgo in. At least two airports, including Tampa International Airport, crelieveed operations punctual Thursday morning ahead of Helene’s approach, and advised travelers to watch weather inestablishs and examine with their airlines about potential disturbions.
The Tampa International Airport “foresees reuncovering Friday chaseing a injure appraisement that will commence as soon as it is shielded to do so,” the airport shelp, noting it postponeed all operations commencening at 2 a.m. ET on Thursday.
As of 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, more than 200 fairys out of Tampa International had been aborted, according to fairy tracker FairyAware. Other airports with multiple fairy abortlations join:
- Southwest Florida International proximate Fort Myers
- Hartsfield-Jackson International proximate Atlanta
- Sarasota/Bradenton International proximate Sarasota, Florida
- St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport in Florida
The St. Pete-Clearwater airport shelp on its website that it was seald on Thursday, with set ups to reuncover on Friday morning. Sarasota/Bradenton airport shelp it was still uncover as of Thursday morning, but advised travelers to examine with their airlines straightforwardly for fairy status.
Southwest Florida International noticed that Air Canada, American, Breeze, Frontier, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country, United and WestJet had aborted their fairys to the airport on Thursday.
Fort Lauderdale airport
The Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport was uncover as of 10 a.m. on Thursday morning, with the airport saying in a social media post that it is watching Hurricane Helene as it transfers sealr to the state’s Panregulate.
“While Broward County is not in the storm’s straightforward path, we could see some horrible weather here,” the airport noticed. The Fort Lauderdale airport “is uncover and opereasonable, but if you’re traveling today, examine with your airline.”
Is Publix uncover today?
Most of the more than 1,300 Publix locations remain uncover, although there are some locations that have modified their hours due to Hurricane Helene, the company shelp. About 65 locations have alterd their hours as of Thursday morning, with most of those stores discoverd proximate the Gulf Coast or in the Panregulate of Florida.
“We are watching the storm seally and hours may be adequitableed, and the status of individual stores is subject to alter based on the storm’s path and projected impacts,” a Publix spokeswoman tgreater CBS News.
Customers can examine this Publix website for their local store’s status.
Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando
Some institutions such as museums and theme parks were also seald or changing their hours due to the approaching storm.
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay shelp it was seald on Thursday due to the storm.
Walt Disney World, discoverd in Orlando, shelp it is currently operating, but shelp some parts of the park will be aborted or unuseable on September 26. Those join Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park and the miniature golf courses at Walt Disney World Resort.
Disney World shelp it was also aborting Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Hhelpeen Party on Thursday, September 26, and providing a refund to ticket hgreaterers.
Universal Orlando shelp it was also closing some parts of its park, including Universal Volcano Bay, on September 26. It noticed that Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure, Hhelpeen Horror Nights and its hotels are operating normpartner.
