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On Monday, Southern Living released its list of Florida beaches that “ could pass for the Caribbean .” These beaches are ...
Although Hurricane Helene hit in September of 2024, Griffis still doesn't have a permanent home. The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office gave his family a trailer that now sits on his property.
Hurricane Helene killed at least 198 people across the Carolinas and Georgia, largely from rainfall flooding. At least 20 people died in Florida, where surge crashed up and down the Gulf Coast as ...
Treasure Island was flooded by Hurricane Helene last year. “I basically lost everything from the waist down. Clothes, cabinetry, furniture, all your paperwork," said Watters.
For Cedar Key, Helene was the third hurricane in 13 months. Idalia made landfall near here in August 2023 as a category 3 hurricane; about a year later, Debby hit the region as a category 1 storm.
In 2017, Hurricane Irma made direct landfall on the low-lying Marco Island as a Category 3 hurricane, and it’s been in the pathway of a number of hurricanes that have hit Florida’s Gulf Coast ...
On its way to landfall in Perry, Florida, where residents were still reeling from Hurricane Idalia in 2023, Hurricane Helene passed north of Tampa Bay, some 100 miles offshore from the metropolitan ...
Helene peaked at 4.02 feet, according to the Climate Center. Marco Island is estimated to have had 7 feet to 8 feet of surge, Assistant City Manager Casey Lucius said Friday.
Mackle Park in Marco Island opened at 10 a.m. Thursday for residents to charge devices and get an A/C break, according to the police department's Facebook page.
As Hurricane Milton churns closer, Floridians are still picking up the pieces from Hurricane Helene's devastation late last month. Debris left from Helene, still in the process of being removed ...
It’s hard to find much of a forecast cause for optimism. Milton will combine a generational surge threat to west-central Florida with widespread wind impacts and flash flooding.
Helene’s size was an important factor. The hurricane was huge – about 400 miles across, similar in size to Hurricane Katrina, and among the largest to make landfall in the continental U.S.