Wave

Hurricane Helene, a catastrophic Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 140 mph, made landfall between Tallahassee and Tampa on September 26th, leaving an unprecedented trail of destruction in its wake. The storm’s impact transcended the typical hurricane damage, with record-breaking storm surges inflicting catastrophic flooding across Florida’s vulnerable Gulf Coast. Six states proactively declared states of emergency in anticipation of the cyclone’s wrath, yet the scale of the devastation still proved overwhelming.