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The Florida National Guard cleaning damage in Keaton Beach, Florida, following Helene. By the morning of September 26, 2024, thousands in the Tampa Bay area were experiencing power outages. [154] Wind gusts reached 64 mph (103 km/h) in Fort Lauderdale and 67 mph (108 km/h) in Naples. [18] Storm surges in Steinhatchee reached 9.63 feet (2.94 m ...
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
Effects from Helene in South Carolina were less severe than in North Carolina. Helene made its closest approach to the state on September 27, 85 mi (137 km). [19] In Charleston, sustained winds reached 63 mph (101 km/h) and there was minor damage reported [2] Trees and street signs were blown down, and beach houses suffered shingle damage.
Only eight hurricanes have killed more than 100 people since 1950, the last time a storm as deadly as Helene hit the US came in 2017, when Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Houston and was ...
Heavy beach erosion occurs as a result of the storm. Arlene causes $55 million in damage and its flooding rains kill one person. [60] [61] September 14, 1993 – Hurricane Lidia moves into Texas before being absorbed by a cold front near Austin. [62] Lida's remnants cause moderate rainfall across the state, peaking at 7.3 in (190 mm) in Denton ...
Helene's storm surge is expected to raise water levels in Tampa Bay by as much as 8 feet. Levels in other areas could rise 3 to 15 feet, the advisory says, while rainfall totals are expected to ...
The 1958 Atlantic hurricane season included every tropical cyclone either affecting or threatening land. There were ten named storms as well as one pre-season tropical storm . Seven of the storms became hurricanes, including five that were major hurricanes, or the equivalent of a Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale .
Helene, and a wave of moisture ahead of the hurricane, dumped an overwhelming 10 to 30 inches of rain. forcing raging torrents of water from steep ridges into narrow valleys. At least 35 people ...