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Hurricane Helene (/ h ɛ ˈ l iː n / ⓘ heh-LEEN) [1] was a deadly and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the Southeastern United States in late September 2024.
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.
Satellite images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show the destruction that Hurricane Helene caused when it first made landfall as a Category 4 storm.
Hurricane Helene hit Florida's Big Bend as a powerful Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds. At least 3 million homes in 5 states lost power during the storm, which has weakened to a Category 1.
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.
Hurricane Helene’s path of devastation is so vast, it can be seen from orbit. Satellite images taken after the storm show a blacked-out area where residents have lost power spreading across five ...
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 ...
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 ...