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Below is the latest information on Hurricane Helene in Augusta and east Georgia. The Augusta Chronicle staff will update regularly. 10:30 a.m. – Augusta sees first few power outages
Flash flood emergencies were in effect for more than a dozen counties in western North Carolina, western South Carolina and northern Georgia, including the Atlanta metro area, on Friday morning.
Hurricane Helene is forecasted to make landfall in the Florida Panhandle Thursday night as a major hurricane, potentially as powerful as Category 3 or higher, before ripping through Georgia ...
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.
Photos: Atlanta experiences major flooding as Helene hits Georgia A car in a flooded street is seen after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 27, 2024.
“It’s going to take a lot longer. We’ve got a lot, a lot of damage,” he said. “This is like a war zone.” As of Saturday, nearly all of Lowndes County remained without power.
Further, Mayor Avula said that a failure in a redundant system caused the plant to flood, damaging equipment. [25] Filter gallery valves became stuck, allowing water to flood into the basement where the electrical and computer equipment was located. [24] Avula reported that workers were in the basement and trying to pump water out. [24]
Helene slammed into Florida as a Category 4 hurricane at about 11.10pm ET on Thursday night, before weakening to a Category 1 storm as it charted a path into Georgia with maximum sustained winds ...