Recovery efforts just beginning in Florida’s Big Bend following Hurricane Helene’s destruction
Communities along Florida's big bend have been left severely damaged from powerful Hurricane Helene.
Communities along Florida's big bend have been left severely damaged from powerful Hurricane Helene.
Helene landed on Thursday night in Florida’s Taylor County as a Category 4 hurricane. A man said he heard “a constant loud roar” for hours, as the invasive storm surge and the pounding rain caused widespread devastation. The force tossed boats like toys. Dozens lineup for aid Saturday.
Florida residents in the direct path of Hurricane Helene are preparing for impact.
A teenage boy died in Levy County as Hurricane Debby made landfall as a Category 1 storm in northern Florida, officials said Monday morning.
Debby, a tropical storm strengthening into a hurricane, caused flight cancellations and delays on Sunday at Miami International Airport.
A strengthening Debby in the Gulf of Mexico aimed to land Monday at or near Cedar Key, an island town, southwest of Gainesville, off the northwest coast of Florida.
Storm surge, heavy rain, and high tide hit at the same time Sunday in Fort Myers Beach, as Tropical Storm Debby moved north in the Gulf of Mexico.
Residents of Cedar Key were allowed back on the island Thursday with a pass to check on their homes, a day after Hurricane Idalia struck Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 3 storm.
Hurricane Idalia left a path of destruction behind Wednesday in Perry, Florida.