- Alan Taylor
- September 30, 2024
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Late Thursday night, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, with winds gusting up to 140 mph. The storm then crashed inland, causing wind damage and severe flooding that killed at least 120 people across six southeastern states, according to the Associated Press. Millions remain without power as first responders work to reach those in need and search for survivors. Gathered below are images from the past weekend, showing some of the devastation in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
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In this aerial view, power crews work on the lines after Hurricane Helene passed by on September 27, 2024, in Crystal River, Florida. #
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This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken on September 26, 2024, shows Hurricane Helene in the Gulf of Mexico moving toward Florida. #
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A boat is washed ashore as the storm surge affects Gulfport, Florida, on September 26, 2024. #
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A local resident helps free a car that became stranded in a flooded stretch of road on the outskirts of Boone, North Carolina, on September 27, 2024. #
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David Hester inspects the damage to his house and neighborhood after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. #
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An aerial view of boats piled up in front of homes after Hurricane Helene hit the area on September 28, 2024, in Treasure Island, Florida #
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An aerial view of a home that was destroyed by fire during the storm surge as Hurricane Helene passed off shore in the Davis Islands neighborhood on September 29, 2024, in Tampa, Florida #
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A Tesla vehicle burned when it took on salt water from Hurricane Helene, stranded in a parking lot in the Pass-a-Grille community of St. Pete Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. #
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Dustin Holmes, second from right, holds hands with his girlfriend, Hailey Morgan, while returning to their flooded home with her children in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 27, 2024, in Crystal River, Florida. #
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Residents discard items from their homes, which had filled with floodwaters from Hurricane Helene in the Shore Acres neighborhood, on Saturday, September 28, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Florida. #
Mike Carlson / AP
An American flag sits in floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the Shore Acres neighborhood of St. Petersburg, Florida, on September 27, 2024. #
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An aerial picture shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Valdosta, Georgia, on September 28, 2024. #
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A view of some of the storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Valdosta, Georgia, on September 28, 2024. #
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Sisters Molly Coffee, left, and Victoria Coffee work to clean up their home after a tree fell on their house and crashed into their living room and Victoria's bedroom in Morrow, Georgia, on September 27, 2024. "It doesn't feel like tragedy. It feels like we are very lucky," said Molly Coffee about the late-night incident. #
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People toss buckets of water out of a home as the streets and homes are flooded near Peachtree Creek after Hurricane Helene brought in heavy rains overnight on September 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. #
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A person looks at the flooding from Hurricane Helene in Atlanta's Paces neighborhood on September 27, 2024. #
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The Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and overflowed a town with debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina, after heavy rains from Hurricane Helene on September 28, 2024. Approximately six feet of debris piled on the bridge from Lake Lure to Chimney Rock, blocking access. #
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A stop sign can be barely seen above a flooded parking lot after torrential rain from Hurricane Helene caused severe flooding on September 28, 2024, in Morganton, North Carolina. #
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Men inspect damage from flooding in Biltmore Village in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 28, 2024, in Asheville, North Carolina. #
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A vehicle rests on a small tree outside of Old Fort Elementary School after being deposited there during flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Old Fort, North Carolina, on September 29, 2024. #
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Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 28, 2024. #
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Residents gather at Fire Station 6 to access Wi-Fi after Hurricane Helene passed through, causing record flooding and damage in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 28, 2024. Cell service and internet access had been down for more than 48 hours. #
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Kids play on the remainder of a washed-out road to their home in Watauga County, North Carolina, on September 27, 2024. #
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People wait in line to pump gasoline in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 29, 2024, in Fletcher, North Carolina. #
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Storm damage near Biltmore Village, seen in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 28, 2024 #
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A sign marking the flood of 1916 lies on the ground next to a flooded waterway near Biltmore Village on September 28, 2024, in Asheville, North Carolina. #
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Piles of flood debris sit on a toppled power pole beside a building in in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 28, 2024. #
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A cow wanders amid the flood debris at Riverview Industrial Park in Erwin, Tennessee, on September 29, 2024. #
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