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Apalachee Bay is a bay in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico occupying an indentation of the Florida coast to the west of where the Florida peninsula joins the United States mainland. It is bordered by Taylor , Jefferson , Wakulla , and Franklin counties.
Regardless of nudges one way or another, a track directly into central Apalachee Bay is a virtual certainty at this point, and the destructive winds of Helene’s core will reach the coast in ...
"There is a danger of catastrophic and unsurvivable storm surge for Apalachee Bay. This forecast, if realized, is a nightmare surge scenario for Apalachee Bay. Please, please, please take any ...
Before that, on Aug. 30, 2023, Hurricane Idalia, a Category 3 storm with 125 mph winds, then a record for Apalachee Bay, made landfall near Keaton Beach.
Apalachicola Bay is an estuary and lagoon located on the northwest coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The Apalachicola Bay system also includes St. George Sound, St. Vincent Sound and East Bay, covering an area of about 208 square miles (540 km 2 ). [ 1 ]
The St. Marks River begins in eastern Leon County, Florida and flows 36 miles (58 km) through Leon and Wakulla counties into Apalachee Bay, an arm of the Gulf of Mexico. It has a drainage basin of 1,150 square miles (3,000 km 2) [1] in size. It has one significant tributary, the Wakulla River.
Helene, the most powerful hurricane on record to strike Apalachee Bay and one that threatened Tallahassee with a direct hit, made landfall to the east instead late Thursday, bringing more ...
Apalachee resisted attacks by the Spanish, and the Narváez expedition fled to Apalachee Bay, where they built five boats and attempted to sail to Mexico. Only four men survived their ordeal. In 1539, Hernando de Soto landed on the west coast of the peninsula of Florida with a large contingent of men and horses to search for gold. The Native ...