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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.
10:30 a.m. Rainfall totals. Over the past two days, many areas have measured between 8 and 12 inches of rain, the National Weather Service said.. In Beaufort County, the highest rainfall totaled ...
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.
The storm produced light rainfall in southeastern Georgia, peaking at 4.14 inches (105 mm) in Woodbine. [4] September 22–23, 2000 – Tropical Storm Helene moved across Georgia and dropped rainfall across much of the state, with a peak total of 5.13 inches (130 mm) in Dunwoody. [4]
Flooding, as well as power outages due to fallen trees are expected to be seen across Georgia as the hurricane travels through the state. Follow along below for the latest power outage numbers in ...
Average annual precipitation for Georgia. The entire state, including the North Georgia mountains, receives moderate to heavy rain, which varies from 45 inches (1,100 mm) in central Georgia [6] to approximately 75 inches (1,900 mm) around the Northeast part of the state. [7] Georgia has had severe droughts in the past, especially in 2007.
∎ Asheville, North Carolina, more than 400 miles from the landfall location, got 8.34 inches of rain over 26 hours from Wednesday until 4 p.m. Thursday, according to National Weather Service data.
Summer is the time of the second rainfall maximum during the year across Georgia, and the time of the main rainfall maximum in Florida. [46] [49] During the late summer and fall, tropical cyclones move into the region from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, supplying portions of the area with one-quarter of their annual rainfall, on average.