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As of 11 a.m. EDT, Helene was approximately 30 miles southwest of Bryson City, North Carolina and was racing north at 32 mph, the Miami-based hurricane center said. It was packing maximum ...
The hurricane attained its peak intensity later that night with maximum sustained wind of 140 mph (220 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 938 millibars (27.70 inHg) at 3:10 UTC on September 27 as it made landfall east of the center of the Aucilla River about 10 miles (16 km) west-southwest of Perry, Florida, [17] becoming the strongest ...
Helene brought minor impacts to the Florida Keys. Key West experienced storm surge of 1 to 3 feet (0.30 to 0.91 m). [42] Winds from Helene were generally low-end tropical storm force, with sustained winds of 25 to 40 mph occurring across the area. [43] The highest reported wind was a gust to 64 mph (103 km/h) near Key West. [44]
Helene crashed ashore in Florida's Big Bend area on Thursday night as a dangerous Category 4 hurricane. Helene was the third hurricane to hit that region in the last 13 months.
The St. Pete Pier, Tampa Bay, Florida, hours before Hurricane Helene made landfall, September 26, 2024. Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida’s Big Bend region late Thursday, bringing ...
Walt Disney World in Orlando was open Thursday, but a few parts of the massive theme park were closed because of to Hurricane Helene, including the Typhoon Lagoon water park and miniature golf course.
Helene's life-threatening, damaging and disruptive impacts are lasting long after the massive storm made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 hurricane on Thursday night.
Hurricane Helene was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1958 Atlantic hurricane season. The eighth tropical storm and fourth hurricane of the year, Helene was formed from a tropical wave east of the Lesser Antilles. Moving steadily westward, the storm slowly intensified, attaining hurricane strength on September 26.