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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.
A view of storm damage at Chez What on Sept. 28 in Valdosta, Ga. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) (Getty Images) Photos from across the region show the devastation left by Helene.
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.
The damage wrought by Hurricane Helene was especially extensive in western North Carolina, a region far from the Florida coast where the system made landfall as a Category 4 storm.
A person looks at storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. - Sean Rayford/Getty Images ‘We all really need help here’
A view of storm damage at Chez What in Valdosta, Ga., on Sept. 28 in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. ... Helene’s destruction stretched beyond Lowndes County and resulted in 17 storm-related ...
A Georgia mom and her twin babies were among at least 26 killed in Hurricane Helene's devastating wake as the storm pounded the Deep South with floods, harsh winds and falling trees Friday.
Leo Grindstaff, 12, left, helps his brother Gabe, 4, while walking to their grandparent's house to help salvage items in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North ...