Helene live updates: Storm kills at least 66 as floods ... - NBC News
WEB1 day ago · Helene made landfall Thursday night in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane. The storm is expected to dissipate Monday, but heavy rain and flash flooding remain a threat for parts ...
Helene Brings Record Storm Surge to Florida - The New York Times
WEB3 days ago · Storm surge from Helene, ... Isabelle Taft is a reporter covering national news and a member of the 2024-25 Times Fellowship class, a program for journalists early in their career.
Storm surge map: What to know about storm surge as Hurricane …
WEB5 days ago · Storm surge is a major threat from Hurricane Helene, which is expected to hit Florida as a major hurricane on Thursday. Helene is a large storm, so it could bring life-threatening storm surge for the entire west coast of the Florida Peninsula. Storm surge could reach 15 to 20 feet in the Florida Panhandle.
Maps show Helene's track: What to know about its path, storm …
WEB3 days ago · The storm was a major hurricane when it made landfall near Perry, Florida, at 11:10 p.m. Eastern Time Thursday with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. As of 11 a.m. EDT, Helene was ...
What to know about Hurricane Helene, flooding in Southeast US
WEB3 days ago · Much like the way a storm’s sustained winds do not include the potential for even stronger gusts, storm surge doesn’t include the wave height above the mean water level. Surge is also the amount above what the normal tide is at a time, so a 15-foot storm surge at high tide can be far more devastating than the same surge at low tide.
Storm surge from Hurricane Helene could be ... - Associated Press …
WEB3 days ago · That wasn’t from storm surge, but rather the failure of levees protecting the city. But further east, Mississippi was devastated by up to 28 feet (8.5 meters) of surge. Afterward, parts of the Mississippi coast looked as if someone took heavy equipment and cleared out everything within 300 yards (274 meters) of the shore, Fugate said.
Helene’s Storm Surge Could Break Records for Parts of the Big …
WEB4 days ago · Sept. 26, 2024, 1:54 p.m. ET. When a major hurricane hits, it is often the storm surge — the sea or gulf water driven ashore by winds — that poses the greatest threat to people’s lives and ...
Hurricane Helene threatens ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge in ... - CNN
WEB5 days ago · Hurricane Helene is now forecast to reach catastrophic Category 4 strength by the time it makes landfall in Florida on Thursday, the National Hurricane Center says, with storm surge potentially...
Threat remains as storm moves across Georgia as Category 1
WEB4 days ago · Threat remains as storm moves across Georgia as Category 1. Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region as a powerful Category 4 that threatened to bring "catastrophic storm...
Hurricane Helene: Category 1 storm intensifies as it takes ... - NBC …
WEB5 days ago · U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida issued a dire warning about the expected storm surge from Helene, which could be a Category 4 hurricane before it makes landfall, saying it won’t be survivable.