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Hurricane Helene was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1958 Atlantic hurricane season. The eighth tropical storm and fourth hurricane of the year, Helene was formed from a tropical wave east of the Lesser Antilles .
The costliest storm of the season was Helene, which caused $11.2 million in damage (1958 USD), mostly in North Carolina. Although it passed within 10 mi (16 km) of the state, its effects were mostly limited to the coast, and the hurricane killed one person.
Hurricane Helene was a powerful hurricane that raked the coast of the Carolinas on September 27, 1958. Although the storm never made an official landfall, it produced exceptionally strong winds on land including a 135 mph gust at the Wilmington airport, the strongest ever measured at this location. Helene's offshore track is the only factor ...
Hurricane Helene, large, catastrophic tropical cyclone notable for its rapid intensification that ultimately produced a wide swath of damage and loss of life that extended from northwestern Florida, where the storm made landfall, to Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina.
Hurricane Helene raked the coast of the Carolinas on September 27, 1958, but did not actually make landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane Helene raked the coast of the Carolinas on September 27, 1958, but did not actually make landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane Helene battered North and South Carolina in September 1958 around the same time as the 2024 storm that made landfall in northwestern Florida.
On Sept. 27, 1958, Hurricane Helene, classified as a Category 4 with winds up to 130 mph, initially headed for North Carolina but changed its course at the last moment to ride the...
1 October 2024. September's Storm Helene destroyed whole communities across six states in the south-eastern US and claimed more than 100 lives. Helene first hit the US as a hurricane, the...
Helene is threatening the Carolinas 66 years to the day after a storm with that same name brought heavy winds and rain to the same areas. Hurricane Helene raked the coast of the Carolinas on September 27, 1958, but did not actually make landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center.