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Surface weather analysis of the 1898 Georgia hurricane on October 2. That hurricane was the strongest hurricane on record to hit the state and was the most recent major hurricane to strike Georgia. The list of Georgia hurricanes includes tropical or subtropical cyclones that have affected the U.S. state of Georgia.
Georgia was severely impacted by Hurricane Helene during late September 2024, causing over 30 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.
1804 Antigua–Charleston hurricane; 1815 North Carolina hurricane; 1827 North Carolina hurricane; 1893 Great Charleston hurricane; 1894 Greater Antilles hurricane; 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane; 1898 Georgia hurricane; 1910 Cuba hurricane; 1916 Gulf Coast hurricane; 1940 South Carolina hurricane; 1941 Florida hurricane; 1982 Florida subtropical storm
Georgia power outage map: ... "Helene stands toe-to-toe with any of the threats that Florida has faced over the past 10 years or indeed really over hurricane history," Truchelut said.
The deadliest hurricanes, based on National Hurricane Center information, are listed below by their rank, name, year and number of deaths. Katrina - 2005, 1,392. Audrey - 1957, 416. Camille - 1969 ...
In Georgia alone, more than a million people were without power as of about 3:30 p.m. ET Friday, according to USA TODAY's tracker. Chatham County had the most residents without power, at over ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
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.