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Fewer hurricanes have hit Georgia directly (due to its location and shorter coastline) than other states in the Southeast, with an estimated return period of 10–11 years. The last system to make landfall in the state at hurricane intensity was Hurricane David in 1979. Further, only three major hurricanes have struck Georgia, the most recent ...
As Georgia’s residents and emergency service departments brace for impact ahead of Tropical Storm Helene, Gov. Kemp declared a state of emergency for all 159 counties across the Peach State.
It Could Happen Tomorrow continued running on TWC until April 2010, when The Weather Channel began airing many other new weather shows; it was replaced by Storm Stories and Full Force Nature. On March 12, 2011, It Could Happen Tomorrow was brought back to the schedule. As of July 2013, two episodes aired Fridays at 4–5 pm, but as of October ...
The center of Hurricane Helene was more than 150 miles from Savannah, but the city still faced some of the worst winds from the storm in Georgia. Savannah's location made it more susceptible to ...
Hurricane Helene’s destructive and deadly rampage exemplifies the potential expanding impact of extreme tropical weather, experts say. Helene shows growing reach of hurricanes well into Georgia ...
The seeding B-17 flew along the rainbands of the hurricane, and dropped nearly 180 pounds (82 kilograms) of crushed dry ice into the clouds. [1] The crew reported "Pronounced modification of the cloud deck seeded". [5] It is not known if that was due to the seeding. Next, the hurricane changed direction and made landfall near Savannah, Georgia.
But the Savannah area ultimately would experience hurricane-force winds as the remnants of Helene, now a tropical storm, tore through Georgia before barreling into the Carolinas.
At 00:00 UTC on October 15, the cyclone intensified into the equivalent of a low-end Category 2 hurricane, and began accelerating westward toward Georgia. Six hours later it attained its peak of 105 mph (165 km/h), which it maintained until landfall around 11:00 UTC near Ossabaw Island , approximately 15 mi (24 km) south of Savannah.