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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 states in the Southeast, with an estimated return period of 10–11 years. The last system to make landfall in the state at ...
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 ...
Hurricane Helene made landfall last night as the first known category 4 storm to hit Florida's Big Bend region since records began in 1851. ... Hurricane Helene moves to Georgia after Florida ...
Last year's Hurricane Idalia destroyed $1 million worth of docks and flooding shorted out the building's electrical system. ... Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said at a news conference Friday that 11 ...
Former President Donald Trump visited Valdosta, Georgia, just north of the Florida-Georgia state line Monday afternoon. ... Helene was the third hurricane to hit that region in the last 13 months ...
Hurricane Nora was the last tropical cyclone to enter the United ... Tropical Storm Alberto in 1994 looped across central Georgia, leading to 24-hour rainfall ...
Donald Trump is briefed by local officials about the damage from Hurricane Helene on September 30, 2024 in Valdosta, Georgia. Getty Images “We do need some help from the federal government.