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Beaches on North Carolina's coast, including Wrightsville Beach and Carolina Beach, were completely evacuated during the night of September 27. [6] [7] In Wilmington, North Carolina, 100 members of the United States National Guard were dispatched to monitor waterfront property, while 60 others were kept on standby.
An upper-level trough to its west and a ridge of high pressure located off the Southeastern United States both served to steer the cyclone towards the U.S. Gulf Coast. [12] Helene was a very large system, [13] with the NHC noting in multiple forecast discussions that the forecast storm radii were "at the 90th percentile of hurricane size at ...
The United States Coast Guard recommended people to evacuate in beach areas near Brownsville, Texas. As it moved ashore, Alma produced a high tide of 2.9 ft (0.88 m) along Padre Island, and one person drowned near Galveston due to heavy surf. The highest wind gust was 45 mph (72 km/h) at Port Isabel, [11] causing minor damage.
As the storm approaches land and shallow water, the ocean floor blocks the outflowing water, causing the ocean to surge onto land. The ocean floor and shape of the coast can influence the height ...
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.
And the ocean did come for Florida's Gulf Coast, flooding areas from the Southernmost Point landmark in Key West to Apalachee Bay. ... 30 miles southwest of Hurricane Helene’s landfall near the ...
The name Helene has been used for nine tropical cyclones worldwide: seven in the Atlantic Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and one in the Western Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic: Hurricane Helene (1958) – a powerful storm that grazed Cape Hatteras causing $11 million in damage.
Many homes along Keaton Beach (shown below), which is just a 30-minute drive south of Perry, were leveled. Keaton Beach is just a 30 minutes drive south from where Hurricane Helene made landfall ...