Hurricane Helene
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| Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
 Helene at its peak, before its landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida on September 26 | |
| Formed | September 24, 2024 |
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| Dissipated | September 29, 2024 |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 140 mph (220 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 939 mbar (hPa); 27.73 inHg |
| Fatalities | 252 total |
| Damage | $78.7 billion (2024 USD) |
| Areas affected | Yucatán Peninsula, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Cuba, and Southeastern United States (mainly Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee)
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| Part of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Helene was an Atlantic tropical system in late September 2024.[1] The cyclone formed on Tuesday, September 24 between the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba.
Helene entered through Northern Florida and the Southeastern United States as a major hurricane with winds 110 miles per hour or higher and severe storm surge. The Southeastern United States from North Carolina to Northern Florida were under tropical storm watches or warnings.
The storm was the deadliest in the United States since Hurricane Katrina.[2]
Retirement:
[change | change source]List of retired Atlantic hurricane names
The name Helene was retired due to the damage and deaths it caused, and will be replaced by Holly for the 2030 season.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Tracking Hurricane Helene". New York Times. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
- ↑ Masters, Jeff; Henson, Bob (October 2, 2024). "Helene is now the deadliest mainland U.S. hurricane since Katrina". New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Climate Connections. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
