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In Valdosta, Ga., 100-year-old trees fell on top of houses, and several downtown buildings were destroyed. “It looks like hell," Bill Parmelee, a longtime resident of Valdosta, told NBC News .
Yahoo News Photo Staff September 27, 2024 at 12:42 PM A damaged 100-year-old home is seen after an Oak tree landed on it after Hurricane Helene moved through the area on Friday in Valdosta, Ga ...
A 100-year-old home in Valdosta, Ga., is damaged by an oak tree after Hurricane Helene moved through the area on Sept. 27. “It’s going to take a lot longer. We’ve got a lot, a lot of damage ...
The high risk of flooding was due to the combination of rain that fell ahead of Helene during the first half of this week and another thrust of torrential rain into Friday as Helene moved inland.
Over in Georgia, multiple people were trapped after at least 115 structures in the southern city of Valdosta in Lowndes County were heavily damaged by Helene, Gov. Brian Kemp said Friday.
In Atlanta, the National Weather Service in Peachtree City issued the city's first-ever flash flood emergency due to Atlanta having its heaviest 3-day rainfall totals in 104 years. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Rainfall totals over 48 hours in the city reached 11.12 in (282 mm), the most the city has seen in 48 hours since record keeping began in 1878. [ 34 ]
Helene caused extensive damage from high winds and flooding rain. The storm brought extreme winds to portions of southern Georgia. In Valdosta, at least 115 buildings were seriously damaged. [42] Further north, tree damage near Augusta was consistent with wind gusts of at least 100 mph. Rainfall totals exceeded 12 inches in parts of the state. [43]
In Valdosta, Ga., 100-year-old trees fell on top of houses, and several downtown buildings were destroyed. “It looks like hell,” one longtime resident told NBC News .