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The Florida National Guard cleaning damage in Keaton Beach, Florida, following Helene. By the morning of September 26, 2024, thousands in the Tampa Bay area were experiencing power outages. [154] Wind gusts reached 64 mph (103 km/h) in Fort Lauderdale and 67 mph (108 km/h) in Naples. [18] Storm surges in Steinhatchee reached 9.63 feet (2.94 m ...
Parts of the Chicago area could also see rain from Helene, with a 50% chance of showers possible in some areas Friday night into Saturday. NWS' office in Chicago says that the best chances for ...
Effects from Helene in South Carolina were less severe than in North Carolina. Helene made its closest approach to the state on September 27, 85 mi (137 km). [19] In Charleston, sustained winds reached 63 mph (101 km/h) and there was minor damage reported [2] Trees and street signs were blown down, and beach houses suffered shingle damage.
Only eight hurricanes have killed more than 100 people since 1950, the last time a storm as deadly as Helene hit the US came in 2017, when Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Houston and was ...
After battering the west coast of Florida with winds, pounding rain and storm surge, Hurricane Helene roared onshore near Perry, Florida on Thursday at 11:10 p.m. as a powerful Category 4 storm ...
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 ...
“I’ve never been through the eyewall of a Category 3+ hurricane in Tallahassee, because the last time that happened was (probably) 1842.”
Helene had sustained winds of about 140 mph, making it the first known Category 4 storm to hit Florida’s Big Bend region since records began in 1851. Helene has weakened to a tropical storm as ...