Mysterious blob detected in the eye of Hurricane Helene is revealed

A strange blob in the center of raging Hurricane Helene that was picked up via radar had more than 1.4 million X viewers baffled. 

The X post by Colin McCarthy revealed the radar anomaly was actually a cluster of birds caught in the eye of the hurricane over Tallahassee, Florida.

Many people commenters were skeptical of whether or not a radar could actually detect birds, but experts weighed in to get to the bottom of what this image shows.

One user critically commented: 'That is not what that is.'

Meteorologist Rob Carlmark told 9NEWS: 'Birds can show up on radar. In fact, when birds roost at night then fly out in the morning, it’s common to see them show up.'

Ben Dery, another meteorologist, also chimed in to elaborate. He said that radars can pick up a lot of things in the atmosphere, including bugs, temperature changes, density changes and of course, birds.

During Florida hurricanes, it is common for certain birds to get stuck in the middle, which can be very dangerous for them. 

Some species fly around the storm, while others can use its force as a boost.  

'Many other birds, however, will become trapped in the storm. Radar images often show birds in the eye of hurricanes, unable to escape through the eyewall,' Audubon Florida explained. 

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An X user wrote: 'That's wild! It's incredible how nature works. I hope they find their way to safety.'

Hurricane Helene, which is now a tropical storm, has left at least 55 people dead across five states since it was spotted off a Mexican coast just a few hundred miles away from Florida on Wednesday. 

The storm is mainly hovering over Tennessee and Kentucky. 

However, areas of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia are also being slammed by the storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. 

'The amount of damage will be tremendous,' Professor Pam Knox, from the University of Georgia told DailyMail.com on Wednesday. 

Damage to the Nolichucky Dam in eastern Tennessee has been of high concern because it cannot hold up to the extreme amounts of flooding coming through. 

Approximately 5,800 residents and two schools were immediately affected by the dam becoming flooded.

Cedar Key in Florida was totally decimated by the storm on Friday.

Michael Bobbitt, 48, a resident who stayed behind, told The New York Times about his experiences. 

He said: 'We're feeling pretty gut-punched here in Cedar Key. When we were fighting this in the night, however bad we thought it would be, it's much worse in the light of day.

'Cedar Key as we know it is completely gone.

'Entire houses have been picked up and moved away. We had to go through four feet of water to get to them. The post office is destroyed.'