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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 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.
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 ...
The overall economic impact of Hurricane Helene on Georgia’s entire agriculture industry is estimated at $6.46 billion, according to UGA. The hurricane’s destruction is a direct blow for ...
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
For several hours, the storm maintained hurricane strength as it pushed inland across northern Florida and into Georgia. By 5 p.m. ET, the weather service said Helene had weakened to a post ...
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
•Helene is unleashing a flooding disaster in some areas of the southeastern United States, especially in northern Georgia, upstate South C Helene sparks inland flooding disaster, widespread ...