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As Hurricane Idalia brings dangerous storm surge, high winds and flooding rain to Florida, a look at power outages around Gainesville, Alachua County.
Live updates for Lee County: ... Hurricane Helene's landfall is about 30 miles northwest of where Hurricane Idalia made landfall in August 2023. ... Alachua County (Gainesville): 72,627. Leon ...
Rapid intensification is when a hurricane’s winds accelerate by 35 mph or more within 24 hours. The storm has already reached Category 4 status, although briefly, but Helene could reach that ...
There were over 10,000 outages reported in Lee County, over 6,000 outages in Miami-Dade County, and just under 5,000 outages reported in Palm Beach County. Hurricane Helene tracker
The strongest winds recorded in Alachua County were a sustained wind speed of 40 mph (64 km/h) and a gust up to 61 mph (98 km/h), with both observed at the Gainesville Regional Airport. Winds downed a number of trees throughout the county, including at the University of Florida, some of which fell onto homes and roads. Heavy rainfall was ...
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.
Effects in Baker County were relatively limited, though 20 percent of the county—2,244 customers—lost power. [89] Forty-eight-hour rainfall accumulations reached 2.85 inches (72 mm) just south of Macclenny. [90] Farther inland in Alachua County, wind gusts reached 48 mph (77 km/h) at Gainesville Regional Airport.
Minutes after the 2 p.m. National Hurricane Center advisory winds had climbed to 120 mph to hit the new threshold. Helene was about 195 miles southwest of Tampa but its winds extended outward up ...