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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.
In some places in Western North Carolina impacted by Helene, maps by First Street found roughly 10x the number of properties would have been in a 100-year flood zone category, if FEMA had been allowed to use more comprehensive and modern forecasting. Better maps could have resulted in more insurance coverage and flood prevention measures. [93]
Also, additional Federal disaster assistance was made available to the state to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by Milton. [353] Florida recorded a rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus (a flesh eating bacteria that favors warm waters and spreads in heavy flood rains) following Hurricane Helene, which Hurricane Milton exacerbated ...
Hurricane Helene is expected to inundate Florida after it makes landfall along the Gulf Coast on Thursday, potentially as a powerful Category 4 storm, but forecasters were already warning ...
Florida power outage map: Track widespread outages from Helene in the state. Ryan Truchelut, founder of WeatherTiger and a hurricane forecaster for the USA TODAY NETWORK-Florida, said Helene is a ...
As the storm began to quickly intensify on September 27, areas of the watch from Savannah, Georgia to Cape Fear, North Carolina were upgraded to a hurricane emergency area at 1600 UTC. Affected communities were advised to begin precautionary measures immediately and evacuate. Shipping and small craft were told to exercise "extreme caution."
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 northwestern part of the state was the area most affected by Helene, with Greenville County reporting over 198,000 outages and Spartanburg County reporting over 155,000 outages. Anderson ...