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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. Fewer hurricanes have hit Georgia directly (due to its location and shorter coastline) than other ...
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.
[6] [15] Based on a catalog of 355 storms between 1493–1855 in the North Atlantic compiled by M. André Poëy, W. H. Rosser described the months of July, August, September, and October as comprising the "true hurricane season of the West Indies" in his 1876 book The Law of Storms Considered Practically.
AccuWeather adjusted its hurricane forecast amid the historic lull, with 2024 being the first time since 1968 a new named storm did not developed between Aug. 13 and Sept. 8, according to Phil ...
Four hurricanes also churned Atlantic waters on Aug. 22, 1893, and one made a deadly strike in Georgia and South Carolina. The lives of 1,000 to 2,000 people were claimed by the hurricane.
Around 50% of all Atlantic hurricane seasons since the dawn of the satellite era in 1966 have had at least one hurricane traveling across the basin on Sept. 10, according to Colorado State ...
1804 Antigua–Charleston hurricane; 1815 North Carolina hurricane; 1827 North Carolina 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; 1987 Gulf Coast tropical storm
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Hurricane Helene from Thursday, Sept. 26. For the latest news on the storm, read USA TODAY's live updates for Friday, Sept. 27.. TALLAHASSEE, Fla ...