CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Helene roared ashore as a powerful Category 4 storm in a sparsely populated region of Florida, peeling the siding from buildings, trapping residents in rising floodwaters and knocking out power to millions of customers. At least five people were reported dead.
Sept. 26, 2024 | 10:24 p.m. The National Hurricane Center said that at 10:20 p.m. CT, Hurricane Helene made landfall as a category four hurricane in Florida’s Big Bend region. The eye was about 10 miles west-southwest of Perry. The maximum sustained winds of the storm were 140 miles per hour.
Hurricane Helene is nearing landfall in Florida’s big bend area as a category three storm. The 4 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center notes that Helene is likely to make landfall as a category four hurricane. Maximum sustained winds were at 125 miles per hour, with higher gusts. To reach category four status, Helene […]
Sept. 26, 2024 | 8:45 a.m. It’s a nice day in Okaloosa County, making it hard to believe a hurricane will make landfall to our east. Hurricane Helene, now a category two storm, is expected to make landfall around 7 p.m. tonight in Florida’s big bend. The impact on Okaloosa County is minimal, even to […]
Sept. 25, 2024 | 10:01 p.m. The National Hurricane Center released its 10 p.m. update on Hurricane Helene, which continues to show the eye of the storm hitting in Florida’s “big bend” area. The storm is expected to make landfall in less than 24 hours, around 7 p.m. CT on Thursday. In all 64 of […]
Okaloosa County has been added to a wind advisory by the National Weather Service. On Wednesday morning, only the coastal areas of Okaloosa County were put under the wind advisory, but now the entire county has been added. The path of Hurricane Helene, updated at 4 p.m. CT, still remains far to Okaloosa County’s east, […]
The National Hurricane Center released its 1 p.m. CT update on Hurricane Helene, providing the latest track for the storm, which remains relatively unchanged.
