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Helene Poses Flooding, Power Outage Menace For Millions After Landfall As Cat 4 Hurricane
Helene, a monster Category 4 hurricane that made landfall late Thursday night, Sept. 26, in Florida's Big Bend, is threatening millions across the southeastern US with flooding and power outages.
Now a tropical storm with 70 mile-per-hour winds, located over Georgia at daybreak on Friday, Sept. 27, it will continues to deliver life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds, and heavy rain as it moves north, according to the National Hurricane Center,
Tornadoes are also possible, especially in the Carolinas, where tornado watches are in effect, as well as southern Virginia.
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New Update - Debby’s Most Intense Rainfall Still Ahead: Here's When Storm Will Affect Northeast
The most intense rainfall from Debby, which made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane over Florida's Big Bend, is still to come, and the storm is now expected to affect the Northeast later this week.
Landfall was around 7 a.m. Monday, Aug. 5 about 70 miles southeast of Tallahassee, the National Hurricane Center said.
It was downgraded to a tropical storm shortly thereafter as it hit Florida's Gulf Coast with flooding rain, damaging winds, and storm surge.
Debby could bring over a foot of rainfall this week to eastern Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, with widesprea…
