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On Hilton Head Island, a beach patrol truck drove along the sands of Coligny Beach at 9:30 a.m., flying a red flag to indicate a high risk of rip currents due to Helene.
Helene had sustained winds of about 140 mph, making it the first known Category 4 storm to hit Florida’s Big Bend region since records began in 1851. Helene has weakened to a tropical storm as ...
With most of its electric lines located underground, Hilton Head was safe from the on-and-off power outages that still plagued surrounding areas well into Friday morning.
Late on September 26, Helene made landfall at peak intensity in the Big Bend region of Florida, near the city of Perry, with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h). Helene weakened as it moved quickly inland before degenerating to a post-tropical cyclone over Tennessee on September 27. The storm then stalled over the state before ...
A handful of people milled about along Calhoun Street in Old Town Bluffton on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, during a lull in the weather as Hurricane Helene began getting closer to making landfall in ...
Livestreams showed errant beachgoers, bicyclists and even kitesurfers off the coast of Hilton Head Island as the Category 2 hurricane ushered in choppy waters and high winds across the Lowcountry.
Employment rates in counties effected by Helene dropped significantly in the storm's aftermath. [106] Immediately after Helene, Buncombe County jumped from 2.5 percent, the state's lowest, to 10.4 percent. Mitchell County had the state's highest rate in November at 9.1 percent, and in December at 7.3 percent.
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.