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Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. The area is still dealing lasting impacts from the storm. I spoke with WLOS ...

Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in ways that will affect the hazards residents face far into the future.

Gloriana Cherry, left, and Shannon Lee, search for belongings in the rubble after storm surge from Hurricane Helene destroyed Cherry's family home on Horseshoe Beach. Sept. 28, 2024.

Now that Hurricane Milton, a storm more powerful than Helene, is heading straight for the same region, what can residents expect? “Worse. Much worse,” one former FEMA director said.

Helene’s storm surge peaked around 15 feet in the Big Bend area, according to early estimates. That would make it among the highest storm surges on record in the region dating back to the mid-1800s.

The near-record-breaking size, storm surge, winds and rainfall of Hurricane Helene turned it into an almost unimaginable disaster that stretched more than 500 miles inland from the Florida coast.

Hurricane Helene’s storm surge struck Florida fast and hard when it slammed into Gulf Coast communities near St. Petersburg, Fla.

Hurricane Idalia – which set area storm surge records prior to Hurricane Helene – generated $16.4 million in insurance losses in Sarasota County and $17 million in insurance losses in Manatee ...