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Holmes Beach banned tourists for 45 days after the hurricane. [85] Hurricane Milton also made landfall in Central Florida around two weeks later, complicating recovery from Helene and adding to the damage. [86] The state of Florida sued FEMA for failing to help victims affiliated with the Republican Party in the aftermath of Helene and Milton. [87]
Florida recorded a rise in cases of Vibrio vulnificus (a flesh eating bacteria that favors warm waters and spreads in heavy flood rains) following Hurricane Helene, which Hurricane Milton exacerbated. Prior to Helene, 6 cases had been reported in September; by the end of the month that number had risen to 24.
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.
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.
Four of the five landfalling hurricanes were also prolific tornado producers. Beryl, Debby, Helene and Milton spun up 173 of the 178 tornadoes generated during the hurricane season, adding to the ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Hurricane Helene is now predicted to reach Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, part of a frightening forecast of 130-mph winds and high storm surge that brings a dire scenario ...
Clockwise from top: A NSSL Mobile Mesonet Truck observing an EF2 tornado near Eldorado, Oklahoma; Aerial view of low-end EF4 damage to destroyed homes in northeastern Greenfield, Iowa; Webcam view of an EF3 tornado in Fort Pierce, Florida spawned by Hurricane Milton; A large EF4 tornado in Elkhorn, Nebraska; An illustration of where traditional and mobile radars usually scan a tornado or its ...
A view shows damage from Hurricane Helene in Perry, Florida, U.S., September 27, 2024. ... 2024 after Hurricane Helene blew through Tampa Bay. ... Copeland St. and 2200 St. Johns Ave. during the ...