A family from the coastal town of Guanimar, in Artemisa province, southwest of Havana, travel by boat to safer areas after their homes were flooded due the passage of Hurricane Helene on September 25, 2024. Tropical Storm Helene became a hurricane mid-morning in the Gulf of Mexico. "Life-threatening storm surge, hurricane-force winds, rainfall and flooding are expected across much of Florida and the southeastern United States," the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest bulletin. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)