Earlier last week a Tropical Storm hit the Northwestern region of the Caribbean Sea and was heading its way to the Gulf of Mexico over the next few days. The storm was under a watch and named Hurricane Helene. “Regardless of development, this system is expected to produce heavy rains over portions of Central America during the next several days,” the NHC stated last week.
A warning has now gone out to places like Western Cuba and Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico as the Tropical Storm strengthens by the middle of last week. It was so extreme that people traveling to Cuba or Mexico were asked to check with their carriers or change their plans of travel; in Florida they canceled over 800 flights.
As the days passed by, the hurricane continued to get gradually worse. Florida was warned about the hurricane, and it was put in a state–of- emergency, saying it is “unsurvivable” and a category 4 hurricane with winds catching up to 40 to 60 mph. This hurricane has officially become a life-threatening flood with a warning coming out last Thursday from The Weather Channel.
As of last Thursday, multiple houses have been damaged and completely destroyed. Houses are being boarded up.
As of Thursday night in Florida the category 4 life-threatening storm has gotten winds up to 140 mph. More than a million people were left without power. The storm surge’s water was up to 20 feet high.
States left with no power:
- Florida: at least 1,205,659
- Georgia: 936,957
- South Carolina: 849,968
- North Carolina: 264,354
- Virginia: 13,794
States in state of emergency are Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Helene brought far-reaching effects beyond Florida, with heavy rain, strong winds and flash flooding as far as the Appalachian Mountains.
After hitting Florida and other states, Hurricane Helene is over, but her destruction is one we won’t forget, destroying houses, buildings and many more with 500 miles of destruction. At least 215 people have been confirmed dead from Hurricane Helene.
U.S. President Joe Biden toured the damage done in Florida and Georgia. “Our job is to help as many people as we can,” Biden stated.
There have been many organization pages for people to donate to others who have had things destroyed and to help families that have lost people due to the hurricane.
Hundreds of people are still missing and it has been reported they are having difficulties identifying people’s bodies that they are finding. Hurricane Helene has destroyed so much more than just houses – it’s tearing people apart from their homes, from their families and from so much more.
Source:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2024/09/23/hurricane-tropical-storm-tracker/75344688007/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/storm-hurricane-helene-florida-gulf-coast/
https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/hurricane-helene-florida-09-26-24/index.html
