Hurricane Helene

Extracted Attributes

• Type

  Tropical Cyclone

• Season

  2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• Fatalities

  252 deaths

• Classification

  Hurricane

• Affected Regions

  Southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, East Tennessee, Southwestern Virginia, South Carolina)

• Estimated Damages

  $78.7 billion USD

• Landfall Location

  Near Perry, Florida, United States (Big Bend region)

• Formation Location

  Western Caribbean Sea

• Category at Landfall

  Category 4

• Hurricane Rank (2024 Season)

  5th

• Named Storm Rank (2024 Season)

  8th

• Contributing Factor to Intensity

  Record Ocean Warming

• Strongest to Hit Florida Big Bend

  Strongest on record

• Deadliest Atlantic Hurricane Since

  Hurricane Maria (2017)

• Major Hurricane Rank (2024 Season)

  2nd

• Maximum Sustained Winds at Landfall

  140 mph (220 km/h)

• Exacerbating Factor to Ocean Warming

  Removal of Sulfur Dioxide Emissions from shipping

• Deadliest US Mainland Hurricane Since

  Hurricane Katrina (2005)

• Costliest Atlantic Hurricane Rank (Adjusted for Inflation)

  5th

Timeline

• Began forming as a broad low-pressure system in the western Caribbean Sea. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2024-09-22

• Consolidated into a tropical storm and was named Helene by the National Hurricane Center, approaching the Yucatán Peninsula. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search)

  2024-09-24

• Intensified into a hurricane. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-09-25

• Reached Category 4 intensity while traversing the Gulf of Mexico. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-09-26

• Made landfall at peak intensity near Perry, Florida, in the Big Bend region, with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 km/h). (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  2024-09-26

• Weakened and degenerated to a post-tropical cyclone over Tennessee. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-09-27

• Dissipated over Tennessee. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-09-29

Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene ( heh-LEEN) was a deadly and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the Southeastern United States in late September 2024. It was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Big Bend region of Florida, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Maria in 2017, and the deadliest to strike the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005. The eighth named storm, fifth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Helene began forming on September 22, 2024 as a broad low-pressure system in the western Caribbean Sea. By September 24, the disturbance had consolidated enough to become a tropical storm as it approached the Yucatán Peninsula, receiving the name Helene from the National Hurricane Center. Weather conditions led to the cyclone's intensification, and it became a hurricane early on September 25. More pronounced and rapid intensification ensued as Helene traversed the Gulf of Mexico the following day, reaching Category 4 intensity on the evening of September 26. 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 dissipating on September 29. In advance of Helene's landfall, states of emergency were declared in Florida and Georgia due to the significant impacts expected, including very high storm surge along the coast and hurricane-force gusts as far inland as Atlanta. Hurricane warnings also extended further inland due to Helene's fast motion. The storm caused catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding, particularly in western North Carolina, East Tennessee, and southwestern Virginia, and spawned numerous tornadoes. Helene also inundated Tampa Bay, breaking storm surge records throughout the area. The hurricane had a high death toll, causing 252 deaths and inflicting an estimated total of $78.7 billion in damage, making it the fifth-costliest Atlantic hurricane on record adjusted for inflation.

Web Search Results

• Hurricane Helene

  Hurricane Helene (/h ɛ ˈ l iː n/ⓘ_heh-LEEN_)( was a deadly and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the Southeastern United States in late September 2024. It was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Big Bend region "Big Bend (Florida)") of Florida, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Maria in 2017, and the deadliest to strike the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005.( [...] The eighth named storm, fifth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Helene began forming on September 22, 2024 as a broad low-pressure system in the western Caribbean Sea.( By September 24, the disturbance had consolidated enough to become a tropical storm as it approached the Yucatán Peninsula, receiving the name _Helene_ from the National Hurricane Center. Weather conditions led to the cyclone's intensification, and it became a hurricane early on [...] The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused at least a record US$59.6 billion in damages and recovery needs.( The storm and its aftermath caused 1,400 landslides and damaged over 160 water and sewer systems, at least 6,000 miles (9,650 kilometers) of roads, more than 1,000 bridges and culverts and an estimated 126,000 homes, the budget office said. Some 220,000 households are expected to apply for federal assistance.(

• Helene Impacts and Recovery - Blue Ridge Parkway (U.S. ...

  In September 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Florida and then stormed across multiples states in the Southeast. Along the Blue Ridge Parkway, the storm devastated the park and local areas with up to 30 inches of rain in localized areas and peak sustained winds of up to 60 miles per hour. The heavy rain and wind resulted in significant damage along the Parkway, including thousands of downed trees and debris covering the motor road, damage to facilities and [...] Find up-to-date information on the impact Hurricane Helene had on the Parkway, including storm damage, recovery progress, and up-to-date status on road and facility closures and reopening information here. Image 6: Tractor removing muddy debris Recovery Projects - At a Glance Recovery construction projects by milepost and status. Image 7: road closure gate Current Road Status and Closures Updated daily: View open and closed Parkway sections.

• Hurricane Helene | Date, Damage, Death Toll, Path, & ...

  Hurricane Helene, large, catastrophic tropical cyclone notable for its rapid intensification that ultimately produced a wide swath of damage and loss of life that extended from northwestern Florida, where the storm made landfall on September 26, 2024, to Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Helene’s high winds and flooding killed more than 230 people, making it the deadliest hurricane to strike the U.S. since Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico in 2017. Some estimates put the [...] The system that became Helene emerged as a region of scattered thunderstorms in the western Caribbean Sea on September 23, 2024. By late morning the next day, the system was centered nearly 150 miles (about 240 km) west of the Cayman Islands and became more organized. Meteorologists at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center classified it as a tropical storm, naming it Tropical Storm Helene, and forecast that the storm’s path would take it northeastward across the Gulf of Mexico to strike Florida. [...] Five hours after becoming a category 4 storm, at 11:10 pm, Helene slammed into Florida’s Big Bend region some 40 miles (70 km) southeast of Tallahassee, with heavy rains and roaring winds that raged at 140 miles (225 km) per hour. It brought a 15-foot (4.5-meter) storm surge to the beachfront communities of Keaton Beach and Steinhatchee. Storm surge heights also ranged from about 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) in Tampa, 110 miles (177 km) to the south.

• How Hurricane Helene became a deadly disaster across 6 ...

  Some hurricanes are remembered for their wind damage or rainfall. Others for their coastal flooding. Hurricane Helene was a stew of all of that and more. Its near-record-breaking size, storm surge, winds and rainfall together turned Helene into an almost unimaginable disaster that stretched more than 500 miles inland from the Florida coast. [...] Helene was no doubt the strongest hurricane to hit Florida’s Big Bend area north of Tampa since 1851. It made landfall near Perry, Florida, late on Sept. 26, as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 mph. [...] I study hurricane history as a geographer and climatologist in one of those hard-hit states, South Carolina. Helene was by far the deadliest inland hurricane on record, exceeding Hurricane Agnes in 1972, which killed 128 people in the northeastern U.S. And it was the third deadliest in the continental U.S. since operational forecasting began in the 1960s, after Hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Camille (1969).

• HURRICANE HELENE

  data are located in the archive directory. Hurricane Helene 4 Helene entered the Gulf of America later that day as a category 1 hurricane and turned northward on the western side of a subtropical ridge centered over the western Atlantic. Satellite and aircraft data indicate that Helene developed a secondary wind maximum farther from the center from late 25 September through early 26 September, which caused the intensity to level off. However, the wind field expanded significantly during this [...] NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products & Services (CO-OPS) Hurricane Helene 13 pattern over the central to eastern United States favored heavy rainfall well ahead of Helene (Fig. 13), leading to a predecessor rain event (PRE)12 that enhanced rainfall totals and exacerbated flooding impacts. In the lower levels of the atmosphere, a stationary front was analyzed from the central Gulf Coast northward towards the Tennessee Valley and southern Appalachians [...] 700-mb flight-level wind of 134 kt measured by the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters at 2346 UTC 26 September and a peak 750-mb flight-level wind of 139 kt measured by the NOAA Hurricane Hunters at 0035 UTC 27 September. Both observations correspond to approximately 120-kt winds at the surface using standard reduction factors. A sustained wind of 69 kt with a gust of 93 kt was measured by NOAA buoy 42036 in the northeastern Gulf of America when it was in the western eyewall of Helene at 2254

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