Hurricane Helene riehuu Floridassa ja tuo mukanaan enemmän kuin vain sateita – se tuo myös pimeyttä!
Floridan Gulf Coast sai tuntua Hurricane Helene -myrskyn voimasta, kun se iski maihin myöhään torstaina. Tämä myrsky oli kuin Hostessin twinkie ilman kuorrutusta – ylivoimaisen voimakas! Jo vain vuosi sitten alue kärsi Hurricane Idalian aiheuttamista tuhoista. Helene arvioitiin aluksi Kategorian 4 myrskyksi, ja sen tuulet puhaltivat jopa 140 mph (225 kph) voimalla, mikä sai paikalliset asukkaat pelkäämään tulevia vahinkoja.
Myrskyn seuraukset eivät jääneet epäselviksi, kun miljoonia asiakkaita jäi ilman sähköä ja tulvat alkoivat tulla jopa 20 jalkaa korkeiksi. Kaupunkien, kuten Perry, Steinhatchee ja Keaton Beach, asukkaat muistavat Helene myrskyn kuin huonon kesäyön kauhutarina. Se ei ollut vain tavallinen ukkonen, vaan kunnon myrsky, joka toi mukanaan vesiä ja tuhoisasti kävi rakennusten kimppuun. Yli 20 ihmistä on kuitenkin vahvistettu kuolleeksi, ja kuolleet lasketaan vielä tähän päivään.
Helene jatkoi matkaansa Georgiassa, mutta sen jäljet jäivät syvälle Floridan maaperään. Se ei ollut vain pelkkä hetken hurmos, vaan omalla tavallaan historiallinen tapahtuma, joka herätti keskustelua myrskyjen yleistymisestä. Floridan vakuutusteollisuus joutuu nyt miettimään, miten suuri myrskytuhojen tulojen ja kustannusten tasapaino saadaan takaisin raiteilleen. Onko tämä tyypillinen tapaus vai uusi normaali?!
Vastaus kysymykseen on, että tällaiset myrskyt voivat todella olla uusia normi, ja asiasta kannattaa puhua. Tunne myrskyt, uutiset ja uudet faktat, ja muista, että äärimmäinen sää voi tapahtua kenelle tahansa, ei vain supersankareille tai elokuvateollisuudelle. Seuraava myrsky voi hyvinkin tulla, joten kannattaa varautua ja pysyä varovaisena! Luottamus ja asiantuntevuus ovat tärkeitä, ja vaikka myrskyt ovat pelottavia, kannattaa nauraa nykymaailman kyynisyydelle – ja ehkä nauttia samalla huonosti valmistetusta popcornista!
Helene made landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast late Thursday, one year after the area was hit by Hurricane Idalia.
Hurricane Helene has been downgraded to tropical storm but authorities warn rainfall and winds are still a danger.
Category 4 Helene made landfall just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 10 miles west-southwest of Perry, Florida.
The storm rapidly intensified from a Category 1 storm into a Category 4 before making landfall in Florida.
A man walks as water flows past the walls of the beach near buildings as Hurricane Helene approaches Thursday at Indian Shores, Fla.
Millions of customers in several states were in the dark as Helene moved inland from the Big Bend area of Florida's Gulf Coast.
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Hurricane Helene roared ashore in a sparsely populated region of Florida as a powerful Category 4 storm, peeling the siding off buildings, ...
Helene came ashore in Florida with 140 mph (225 kph) winds, weakening to a tropical storm as it moved into Georgia early on Friday. It was carrying maximum ...
The powerful Category 4 hurricane came ashore on Florida's Gulf Coast and quickly moved north, dumping heavy rain. Deaths were reported in at least three ...
Waters rose rapidly along Florida's Gulf Coast after Helene made landfall, flooding homes and forcing people to flee.
Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida overnight with 140 mile per hour winds and a deadly storm surge that killed at least two residents, and Gov.
Drone footage captured the extent of the storm's damage after Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane.
Strong winds from Hurricane Helene cut power to more than 1 million homes and businesses across Florida, according to the tracking site poweroutage.us.
Phenomena: Tropical Cyclones, Hurricanes Satellite: GOES-16 (GOES East) Product: GeoColor. Instrument: Advanced Baseline Imagery (ABI) Date: Sept. 26, 2024
Hurricane Helene ravaged parts of Florida as Category 4 storm, then moved on to Georgia, destroying homes, causing flash floods and spawning tornadoes.
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Rescue and recovery efforts were underway Friday morning in North Florida's Big Bend region and other areas of the state after the Category 4 Hurricane ...
Officials said Friday at least seven people are dead in Florida after a monster Category 4 Hurricane Helene hammered the Big Bend and Gulf coast regions of ...
Tampa Bay saw a storm surge of up to 7 feet as Helene barreled along the Gulf Coast on the way to the Big Bend. DeSantis, who grew up in neighboring Dunedin, ...
Helene's strong winds and high waters caused houses to float away in floodwaters, bridges to flood and several fires to break out across Florida.
STEINHATCHEE, Fla. — Residents returned to this coastal town Friday morning to find their beloved businesses flattened, homes swept away and roads flooded, ...
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Residents in Florida returned to their homes with shock and sadness Friday as they began picking up the pieces from Hurricane Helene's trail of destruction.
As homeowners assess the damage, the storm is again drawing attention to wobbly Florida's property insurance market. Soaring premiums have squeezed homeowners, ...