Hurricane Helene Brings Catastrophic Flooding to US South

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Hurricane Helene Intensifies Ahead Of Florida Landfall, Packing Major Storm Surge, Flooding, High Winds Inland​

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Hurricane Helene unleashes fury on Cancun resorts in torrential rain, Mexico​

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Hurricane Helene unleashes fury on Mexico submerging Cancun resorts in torrential rain: 'Beach gone'

Hurricane Helene, intensifying from a tropical storm, struck Mexico's coastal state of Quintana Roo on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to Cancun and surrounding areas.
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Heavy rains flood in Mumbai, India​

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At least 4 people dead after heavy rains flood Mumbai, India - 5 inches of rainfall in 5 hours

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Heavy flood on the street due to extreme rain in Cannes, France​

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Chiang Mai city flooded as Ping River overflows, Thailand​

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Chiang Mai city flooded as Ping River overflows

CHIANG MAI: The overflowing Ping River rose further on Wednesday night as a fresh surge of runoff from Chiang Dao district worsened conditions in the already heavily flooded downtown of Muang district.
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Floodwaters continue to rise as the River Danube bursts its banks in Budapest, Hungary​

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Tennis ball-sized hail slams Oklahoma City, USA​

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Tennis ball-sized hail slams Oklahoma City

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Massive forest fire in Guápulo of Quito, Ecuador​

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Hurricane Helene might be a serious disaster for the entire Southeast. I've seen reports that Asheville (at UNCA) is under water and Columbia, SC is in flood stage. Point being that we are already waterlogged, and now, here comes that hurricane.
Prayers for Caesaria.
 
Yupo said:
Hurricane Helene might be a serious disaster for the entire Southeast. I've seen reports that Asheville (at UNCA) is under water and Columbia, SC is in flood stage. Point being that we are already waterlogged, and now, here comes that hurricane.
Prayers for Caesaria.
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Thanks, we will probably have to be mainly concerned with high winds and trees going down. It is indeed flooding in Asheville and further west from heavy rains the last two days. Remains to be seen if Helene can maintain its strength once inland, so everyone is preparing for the worst. The Florida panhandle looks to be in the worst spot, it's going to hit land there tonight. Tampa and north of there as well look like they're going to get hammered. Helene is quite the monster right now. NOAA is warning of a 15-20ft storm surge (very dangerous) and its wind fields extend 275 miles, which is why the wind may be the biggest issue for us in the mountains. A couple of hours ago Helene was upgraded to Category 3, sustaining winds up to 120mph. Let's pray it doesn't strengthen 🙏
 
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Thanks, we will probably have to be mainly concerned with high winds and trees going down. It is indeed flooding in Asheville and further west from heavy rains the last two days. Remains to be seen if Helene can maintain its strength once inland, so everyone is preparing for the worst. The Florida panhandle looks to be in the worst spot, it's going to hit land there tonight. Tampa and north of there as well look like they're going to get hammered. Helene is quite the monster right now. NOAA is warning of a 15-20 storm surge (very dangerous) and its wind fields extend 275 miles, which is why the wind may be the biggest issue for us in the mountains. A couple of hours ago Helene was upgraded to Category 3, sustaining winds up to 120mph. Let's pray it doesn't strengthen 🙏
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Take care over there you guys! Hoping for the best possible outcome for you and your home there in N.C.🙏
 
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Thanks, we will probably have to be mainly concerned with high winds and trees going down. It is indeed flooding in Asheville and further west from heavy rains the last two days. Remains to be seen if Helene can maintain its strength once inland, so everyone is preparing for the worst. The Florida panhandle looks to be in the worst spot, it's going to hit land there tonight. Tampa and north of there as well look like they're going to get hammered. Helene is quite the monster right now. NOAA is warning of a 15-20ft storm surge (very dangerous) and its wind fields extend 275 miles, which is why the wind may be the biggest issue for us in the mountains. A couple of hours ago Helene was upgraded to Category 3, sustaining winds up to 120mph. Let's pray it doesn't strengthen 🙏
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I'm glad you're on the West side of that river!
 
Helene is at Category 4 now, winds clocked at 130mph. They're now saying it'll be a 20ft storm surge in some parts of the Florida panhandle, which is really bad. I know that the weather people have a history of overhyping things, so keep it in mind. I'd say our biggest concern here is falling trees and landslides. The heavy rain the last few days is going to make it easier for trees to be uprooted by high winds.

I hope any forum members who are in Tampa or anywhere north/northwest of there up to southern Georgia are getting out of dodge.

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I'm riding it out. Inner rainbands are coming in now but the core is going to miss. The area that is going to get the ~150MPH winds is very sparsely populated, but due to the size and momentum of the storm you may have a minimal hurricane persist as far north as Athens. Things should get a bit more interesting here once the wind on the backside starts blowing in off the Gulf, but I'm not expecting anything higher than 80MPH. Right now it's around 50-60 sustained. I see this primarily as a surge threat. If the surge is accurate then anything within 5 miles of the coast will be flooded if not completely underwater. Unless I get hit by a tornado I'm pretty secure. It's just a matter of how many days will I be on generator power.
 
Take care all of you amid this frightful event, I hope the power doesn't go out and the damage is minimal.

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I'm riding it out. Inner rainbands are coming in now but the core is going to miss. The area that is going to get the ~150MPH winds is very sparsely populated, but due to the size and momentum of the storm you may have a minimal hurricane persist as far north as Athens. Things should get a bit more interesting here once the wind on the backside starts blowing in off the Gulf, but I'm not expecting anything higher than 80MPH. Right now it's around 50-60 sustained. I see this primarily as a surge threat. If the surge is accurate then anything within 5 miles of the coast will be flooded if not completely underwater. Unless I get hit by a tornado I'm pretty secure. It's just a matter of how many days will I be on generator power.
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Forgive my lack of knowledge regarding Florida's geography, but is there a city named Athens out there? Also, strange times indeed when Helene comes back to Athens!
 
Wow! what a coincidence! ... it happens. It reminded me of the earthquake that was felt in Mexico City on September 19 of 2017 which coincided with the date of the earthquake that happened in 1985.

Hurricane Helene (1958)-Wikipedia
Hurricane Helene was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1958 Atlantic hurricane season. The eighth tropical storm and fourth hurricane of the year, Helene was formed from a tropical wave east of the Lesser Antilles . Moving steadily westward, the storm slowly intensified, attaining hurricane strength on September 26. As conditions became increasingly favorable for tropical cyclone development, Helene began to rapidly intensify. Nearing the United States East Coast, the hurricane quickly attained Category 4 intensity on September 26, before it subsequently reached its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 930 mbar (930 hPa; 27 inHg). The intense hurricane came within 10 mi (16 km) of Cape Fear, North Carolina before recurving out to sea. Accelerating Helene gradually weakened, and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone as it passed over Newfoundland on September 29. Helene's extratropical remnants traversed eastwards across the Atlantic Ocean before dissipating near Great Britain on October 4.
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Surge in this area only ended up being about half of what was claimed, which while notable, was not quite as catastrophic as it was cracked up to be. Nonetheless, no one is getting out to the coast today without a jacked up 4x4 or a boat. Many houses on the beach that are not on stilts will be a total loss. I suffered no damage and didn't even lose power with this one. The Madden-Julian Oscillation is trying to bring another storm into the general vicinity in about 2 weeks, so now I wait for the next one.
 
Lots of flooding in western NC, I've seen some pretty bad shots in different areas. Luckily nothing out where we're at. Yeah, seems like it was overhyped again at least as far as the storm surge and wind forecast. It became a tropical storm pretty quickly after making landfall.
 
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