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The now legendary hurricane pulverized their home and community with a record-breaking 28-foot-storm surge. Gene Taylor first thought his bare street looked like it did "when the French first ...
A surge inundation map — different than the peak surge graphic — came out so quickly, one leading hurricane expert thought it was a mistake and called the National Hurricane Center to make ...
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, ... Image from satellite shows former Hurricane and then Tropical Storm Helene as of 5:30 a.m. EDT on Sept. 27, 2024, after it moved rapidly inland ...
Key West experienced storm surge of 1 to 3 feet (0.30 to 0.91 m). [162] Storm surges reached 7.18 feet (2.19 m) in Tampa. [163] Preliminary storm surge modeling has found that areas of the Big Bend experienced inundation of more than 15 feet. [164] About 1.3 million people lost power in the state. [165]
Helene is the first known Category 4 storm to hit Florida's Big Bend region since records began in 1851, according to Colorado State University senior hurricane scientist Phil Klotzbach.
Storm surge: The biggest killer and Helene's surge will be cataclysmic Water is the killer. There is no hurricane hazard more deadly or destructive than storm surge.
This home in Hudson, Florida, caught fire overnight while Hurricane Helene's storm surge swamped the area. High sea waters along a Coquina Key home in St. Petersburg, Florida on Sept. 27, 2024.
By Thursday, Sept. 26, Helene is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane in the Big Bend region. But the impacts will be felt up and down the west coast of the state. But the impacts will be ...