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Hurricane Idalia (2023) – another major hurricane that impacted the Big Bend at a similar intensity a year prior; Hurricane Debby (2024) – a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall in the Florida Big Bend about a month before Helene; List of Florida hurricanes (2000–present) List of Georgia hurricanes
Nearly 100% of the county lost power and heavy damage occurred to agriculture. Total damage in the inland and coastal areas of the county was estimated to be over $2 billion. [65] [66] Helene also brought damage to neighboring Dixie County. Storm surge in the area of Horseshoe Beach exceeded 15 feet, destroying 70% of the town. [67]
September 26 – Hurricane Helene made landfall at peak intensity near the mouth of the Aucilla River southwest of Perry as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h), becoming the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in the Big Bend region on record, as well as the third hurricane to make landfall in the area ...
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a ... and then Tropical Storm Helene as of 5:30 a.m. EDT on Sept. 27, 2024, after it ...
The Gulf Coast community of Keaton Beach, Florida, was still recovering from Hurricane Idalia, which hit the area last year, and August's Hurricane Debby when Helene appeared to deliver the ...
2024 hurricane season: Yes, we had Debby and Helene, but October is Florida's peak season Areas of the southwest and central Gulf Coast were buried in feet of sand, cars destroyed and living rooms ...
Georgia was severely impacted by Hurricane Helene during late September 2024, causing over 34 reported deaths and significant rainfall across the state. After making landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida on September 27, the hurricane began to traverse over land across Georgia as a Category 2 hurricane prior to tracking into the Appalachian mountain range as a tropical storm.
Helene, the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region, is now a post-tropical cyclone with winds of 35 mph, leaving at least 59 people dead in five states, leveling ...