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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.
A storm surge inundation map released at 11 a.m. by the NHC shows the potential for more than 9 feet of water flooding into vulnerable Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, and Fort Myers Beach.
The storm is currently in the southern region of the state, having moved past Valdosta with “life-threatening storm surge, winds and heavy rains”, according to the National Hurricane Center.
If peak storm surge and high tide happen together, water levels from Burns Point to Port Fourchon, Louisiana, could rise between 5 and 10 feet above ground levels, the hurricane center said.
The National Hurricane Center has increased the peak storm surge forecast from 8-12 feet to 10-15 feet of inundation for the area from Anclote River to Tampa Bay.
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
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In Tuesday's 11 a.m. update on Hurricane Milton from the National Hurricane Center, meteorologists expanded the storm surge warning along Florida's Gulf Coast and gave residents one final warning.