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At least 52 dead and millions without power after Helene's deadly march across southeastern US
Hurricane Helene has caused at least 52 deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeast U.S. More than 3 million customers were without power Saturday, and some face a continued threat of floods.
Big Bend residents reeling from Helene’s impact as storm surge floods streets
As Hurricane Helene swept through Northern Florida, residents across the Big Bend area are grappling with widespread damage caused by a massive storm surge.
Helene accelerating, forecast to bring catastrophic storm surge and winds to the northeastern Gulf tonight
Helene steadily strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane early Thursday morning and is poised to strike the northeastern Gulf coast tonight as a major hurricane, bringing catastrophic winds and storm surge into Florida’s Big Bend from east of Apalachicola to Florida’s Nature Coast, centered on Apalachee Bay.
South Florida first responders head to Central Florida as Helene takes aim at Sunshine State
South Florida first responders are heading north to the Big Bend area Wednesday as Hurricane Helene heads toward Florida.
A huge Hurricane Helene is expected to hit Florida as a major storm and strike far inland
Forecasters are warning that Hurricane Helene will intensify into a major storm before striking Florida and further inland as it heads northward across the Gulf of Mexico.
DeSantis declares state of emergency for 41 counties amid significant hurricane threat for northeastern Gulf Coast
Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for 41 counties, including Monroe County, as an organizing cluster of storms over the western Caribbean is expected to gradually develop into a named storm over the next day or two and could quickly strengthen into a formidable hurricane.
Debby meandering near coastal Georgia and South Carolina, bringing a prolonged period of catastrophic flooding
After moving ashore Florida’s Big Bend yesterday around daybreak as a Category 1 hurricane, Debby has crept through north Florida and southeast Georgia slower than most of us can run.
Debby disrupts travel plans as delays, cancellations continue at South Florida airports
Heavy winds, rain, and flooding brought on by Hurricane Debby in the Big Bend area of the state have left many travelers affected by the storm.
Hurricane Debby hits Florida’s Big Bend, catastrophic flooding likely this week
After lashing the west coast of Florida all day Sunday with gusty winds, tropical downpours, and damaging storm surge, the eye of Hurricane Debby came ashore around daybreak Monday near Steinhatchee in Florida’s Big Bend, only 9 miles southeast of where Category 3 Hurricane Idalia came ashore just 341 days ago.
Tracking Debby: Fort Myers Beach gets a simultaneous hit of storm surge, rain, high tide
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.
Debby forecast to strike Florida’s Big Bend as a hurricane tomorrow, historic flood threat ahead
Tropical Storm Debby, which formed Saturday afternoon, continues to strengthen this morning and is expected to become a hurricane before making landfall in Florida’s Big Bend tomorrow. Conditions will quickly deteriorate today along Florida’s Gulf Coast, with up to 10 feet of storm surge flooding possible into many of the same areas affected by Hurricane Idalia last August.
Debby threat: Depression becomes tropical storm, hurricane watches hoisted for Florida’s Big Bend
Late on Friday, the strong disturbance dubbed Potential Tropical Cyclone Four earlier in the day by the National Hurricane Center finally gained enough organization south of Cuba to be classified as a Tropical Depression. By Saturday morning, hurricane watches had been issued for Florida’s sweeping Big Bend, from just west of Apalachicola to near Crystal River.
Florida Big Bend prepares for Debby; DeSantis mobilizes National Guard
Tropical Depression Four was moving slowly over western Cuba on Saturday and was forecast to strengthen into a tropical depression and later into Hurricane Debby.
Hurricane Idalia storm surge moves mobile homes, collapses walls in Steinhatchee
Hurricane Idalia damaged Stacie Austin’s home. Its storm surge pushed a mobile home over a block away from where it once stood. Its force was so random that it spared Chip Potter nearby.
Feeding South Florida fills tractor-trailers with food for those in need after Idalia
Two 36-foot tractor-trailers will soon be heading to the Big Bend area with much needed support in the form of food and water from Feeding South Florida.
Residents pick through the rubble of lost homes and scattered belongings in Hurricane Idalia's wake
Florida and Georgia residents living along Hurricane Idalia’s path of destruction are picking through piles of rubble where homes once stood, throwing tarps over roofs and gingerly navigating through mazes of streets left underwater or clogged with fallen trees.
Idalia rapidly strengthens, moves ashore Florida’s Big Bend, causing devastating coastal flooding
Hurricane Idalia rapidly strengthened in the 24 hours leading up to landfall in Florida’s Big Bend – from a Category 1 to a Category 4 hurricane – with winds topping out at 130 mph just before landfall early Wednesday.
‘We are still underwater,’ Cedar Key Fire Rescue says after Hurricane Idalia
The quaint community that sits about three miles out into the Gulf of Mexico may be one of the hardest hit from Hurricane Idalia.
Hurricane Idalia on the move and strengthening; major hurricane hit expected tomorrow
After being held in limbo – meandering for days in the northwestern Caribbean – Idalia, now a strengthening hurricane, is making a beeline for Florida’s Big Bend, with devastating impacts forecast as it comes ashore as a major hurricane tomorrow.
Tracking Fred: Heavy rainfall to cause flooding in parts of Florida
On the forecast track from Friday into Monday, Fred is set to cause heavy rainfall that could lead to exacerbated flooding across southern and central Florida and into the Big Bend of Florida.