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Image from satellite shows former Hurricane and then Tropical Storm Helene as of 5:30 a.m. EDT on Sept. 27, 2024, after it moved rapidly inland from Florida and was mostly over Georgia. / Credit ...
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.
[11]: 3 Based on Doppler velocity data retrieved by weather radar, the NHC estimated that the maximum sustained winds associated with the storm were around 90 mph (145 km/h), making Florence a high-end Category 1 hurricane at the time of landfall. The strongest winds accompanying the hurricane during landfall occurred within the northern ...
Surface weather analysis of the 1898 Georgia hurricane on October 2. That hurricane was the strongest hurricane on record to hit the state and was the most recent major hurricane to strike Georgia. The list of Georgia hurricanes includes tropical or subtropical cyclones that have affected the U.S. state of Georgia.
For several hours, the storm maintained hurricane strength as it pushed inland across northern Florida and into Georgia. By 5 p.m. ET, the weather service said Helene had weakened to a post ...
Key takeaways:•Life-threatening, damaging and disruptive impacts from Helene are underway across the interior Southeast, following the storm's landfall southwest of Perry, Florida, on Thursday ...
1898 Georgia hurricane; 1910 Cuba hurricane; 1916 Gulf Coast hurricane; ... Hurricane Florence (1953) Hurricane Frances; H. Tropical Storm Hanna (2002)
In Georgia alone, more than a million people were without power as of about 3:30 p.m. ET Friday, according to USA TODAY's tracker. Chatham County had the most residents without power, at over ...