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Hurricane Helene
Meteorological history | |
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Category 4 major hurricane | |
Overall effects | |
Helene at peak intensity just prior to landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida late on September 26 | |
Formed | September 24, 2024 |
Extratropical | September 27, 2024 |
Dissipated | September 29, 2024 |
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Highest winds | 140 mph (220 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 938 mbar (hPa); 27.70 inHg |
Fatalities | ≥93 |
Missing | ≥1,073 |
Damage | ≥$20 billion (2024 USD) |
Areas affected | Yucatán Peninsula, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Southeastern United States (especially Florida, the Carolinas and Georgia, but also including Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia), Midwestern United States (Illinois, Indiana, Ohio) |
Part of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season |