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As of now, more than 42 million people in Florida, Georgia and Alabama are under hurricane and tropical storm warnings, the National Weather Service said. After making landfall, its path is ...
From reporter Miguel Legoas: According to USA Today's live "OFF THE GRID" tracker, Georgia has seen 15,323 outages within the last 72 hours as of 9:15 a.m. Currently the county with the highest ...
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.
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.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said at a news conference Friday that 11 people were killed during the storm, including a first responder. "One of our finest lost his life trying to save others," Kemp said.
In West Virginia, about 672,000 customers lost electricity. [26] Governor Earl Ray Tomblin of West Virginia declared a state of emergency after the storm. All but two of the state's 55 counties sustained some damage or loss of power. At peak, more than half of the state's customers were without power. Around 70 high voltage power lines were ...
The storm, unofficially named Winter Storm Izzy by The Weather Channel, [117] caused 11 inches (28 cm) of snow in Laurens, Iowa. There were also 78 car crashes reported, which caused 14 injures. [118] [24] Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina all declared a state of emergency in preparation for the winter storm. [25]
Hours later, the system weakened to a Category 1 storm and continued to produce hurricane-force winds as it moved toward Georgia. By 3 a.m. ET, the National Hurricane Center said Helene had ...