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PHOTO: Northeastern Gulf Coast, including the FL panhandle ad portions of the FL West Coast (from Panama City to Tampa), should prepare for the potential life-threatening storm surge, hurricane ...
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.
About 1.4 million people lost power during the storm. Later, when Katrina made its devastating landfall along the northern gulf coast, its large circulation produced high tides, light rainfall, and gusty winds along the western Florida panhandle. The hurricane killed 14 people across the state, and damage was estimated at $623 million.
Hurricane Helene is expected to inundate Florida after it makes landfall along the Gulf Coast on Thursday, potentially as a powerful Category 4 storm, but forecasters were already warning ...
Hurricane Milton cut a scar of damage across Central Florida after making landfall Wednesday, ripping off roofs from coast to coast, including one over the Tropicana Field baseball stadium in St ...
The strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the state was the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, which crossed the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 millibars (26.3 inHg); it is also the strongest hurricane on record to strike the United States. Out of the ten most intense landfalling United States hurricanes, four struck Florida at peak strength.
Helene is currently set to make landfall off along the northeast coast of the Gulf of Mexico late Thursday, and may reach Category 3 — with winds of up to 120 mph over the next 36 hours.
Surge risk rises on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The wide stretch of shallow water west of Florida is a perfect breeding ground for storm surge. When a hurricane passes over the ocean, its strong winds ...