Helene has formed. It will pass west of the Tampa Bay area on Thursday as a hurricane and bring impacts to the area. Several counties are hosting sandbag fill up locations ahead of the storm.
Some counties and cities across the Tampa Bay area opened up free sandbag locations to help residents prepare for the possibility of heavy rains and flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.
In preparation for potential storm impacts from potential Tropical Storm Milton, the city sandbag site is now open for Brooksville residents and will remain open until weather conditions begin to ...