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Helene, the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region, is now a post-tropical cyclone with winds of 35 mph, leaving at least 59 people dead in five states, leveling ...
Hurricane Helene leaves over 100 dead, millions without power in the Southeastern U.S. ... Death toll rising ... Gov. Brian Kemp said statewide damages may amount to more than the reported $1.2 ...
Helene is now the fourth deadliest hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. mainland since 1950 and the deadliest since Katrina in 2005. Helene death toll tops 200 amid daunting water and power ...
Holmes Beach banned tourists for 45 days after the hurricane. [85] Hurricane Milton also made landfall in Central Florida around two weeks later, complicating recovery from Helene and adding to the damage. [86] The state of Florida sued FEMA for failing to help victims affiliated with the Republican Party in the aftermath of Helene and Milton. [87]
Hurricane Helene death toll Helene has killed at least 161 people, CBS News confirmed. The storm appears to have inflicted its worst damage in the Carolinas, where officials said more than 113 ...
Florida recorded a rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus (a flesh eating bacteria that favors warm waters and spreads in heavy flood rains) following Hurricane Helene, which Hurricane Milton exacerbated. Prior to Helene, 6 cases had been reported in September; by the end of the month that number had risen to 24.
As of Tuesday, Oct. 1, the death toll for the storm has surpassed 150 people across six states, according to the Associated Press. Nearly half of the deaths occurred in North Carolina. Nearly half ...
Helene, and a wave of moisture ahead of the hurricane, dumped an overwhelming 10 to 30 inches of rain. forcing raging torrents of water from steep ridges into narrow valleys. At least 35 people ...