Workers clean and gut a property that was flooded from the storm surge, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Steinhatchee, Florida, on Sunday, September 29.
Updated 5:12 PM EDT, Sun September 29, 2024
Helene's effects continue to be seen across the Southeastafter leveling communities, knocking out power and stranding many in floodwaters following the historic storm’s landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday night as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane.
The storm’s massive wind field was wide enough to stretch from Indianapolis to Washington, DC, and its huge size resulted in higher storm surge and dangerous winds that stretched well inland.
The hurricane unleashed its fury on parts of Mexico’s Yucátan Peninsula and Cuba Wednesday. Flooding rainfall plunged cars underwater in parts of Mexico’s state of Quintana Roo while powerful ocean waves pounded the coastline. Helene’s strong winds also knocked out power to more than 50,000 people in western Cuba’s province of Pinar del Río.
Heavy rains flood Asheville, North Carolina, on Saturday, September 28.
People gather at a fire station to access WiFi on Saturday after Hurricane Helene moved through Asheville, North Carolina.
People inspect flood damage in Asheville, North Carolina, on Saturday.
Elmira Glover sits on her porch after taking the first look inside her home, which had been completely flooded, in Steinhatchee, Florida, on Saturday.
Boats displaced by Hurricane Helene sit in front of homes in Treasure Island, Florida, on Saturday.
Light filters into a room of a home destroyed by the hurricane in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on Saturday.
Customers crowd the aisle for bottled water in one of the few open stores after widespread damage disrupted water supplies in Boone, North Carolina, on Saturday.
Buildings are left damaged by the storm in Valdosta, Georgia, on Saturday.
Residents walk among debris from their family's beach house in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on Saturday.
The Laurel Fork Road bridge is destroyed by floodwaters in Vilas, North Carolina, on Friday, September 27.
Cassandra Randall, right, is hugged by Jessica Downey inside a damaged Maddie's grocery store in Steinhatchee, Florida, on Friday.
People work on power lines after Hurricane Helene passed offshore in Crystal River, Florida, on Friday.
Hailey Morgan, right, surveys the damage to her flooded home after returning with her children, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Crystal River, Florida, on Friday.
An aerial view shows a flooded and damaged area following Hurricane Helene in Steinhatchee, Florida, on Friday.
A person walks into fast-flowing waters to assist a stranded driver in a stretch of flooded road on the outskirts of Boone, North Carolina, on Friday.
People use buckets to remove water from a home near Peachtree Creek in Atlanta on Friday after Hurricane Helene brought heavy rain overnight.
Sarah Cribbins and her son, Michael, cuddle their dog after being rescued from floodwaters in Crystal River, Florida, on Friday.
Debris is seen inside a Cedar Key, Florida, store on Friday.
A tree crew cuts up large limbs that fell on East 49th Street in Savannah, Georgia, on Friday.
An American flag sits in floodwaters in the Shore Acres neighborhood of St. Petersburg, Florida, on Friday.
A tree lies on a house in Valdosta, Georgia, on Friday.
Candice Ocvil, left, and Jibri Tolen, right, row through flood waters in Atlanta on Friday.
The aftermath of Hurricane Helene is seen in Cedar Key, Florida, on Friday.
Candace Redwine surveys the damage after about 3 feet of water inundated her Spiceman Kitchen store in Tarpon Springs, Florida, on Friday.
Flood water washes over Guy Ford Road bridge on the Watauga River in Sugar Grove, North Carolina, on Thursday, September 26.
In this screengrab taken from a United States Coast Guard body cam, a man and his dog are seen being rescued after his sailboat became disabled and started taking on water off Sanibel Island, Florida, on Thursday.
Cars drive over the George G. Tapper Bridge before Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Port Saint Joe, Florida, on Thursday, September 26.
Guests put on ponchos at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, on Thursday as Hurricane Helene began bearing down.
Carol Poulson uses her phone to document the impacts of Hurricane Helene as it builds offshore in St. Petersburg, Florida on Thursday.
A man walks through a flooded Times Square area of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on Thursday, September 26.
Cynthia Centeno, a Tallahassee resident, sits with her family inside a hurricane evacuation shelter at Fairview Middle School in Leon County, Florida, on Thursday.
Waves impact a house seawall on Thursday in Eastpoint, Florida.
Charles Starling, a lineman with Team Fishel, walks by a row of electrical line trucks staged in a field in The Villages, Florida, on Thursday.
People work at the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, Florida, on Thursday.
A man crosses a flooded area on the coast of Gulfport, Florida, on Thursday.
Cars drive through a flooded street in St. Pete Beach on Thursday morning.
Hurricane Helene is seen in a satellite photo Thursday afternoon.
A woman fills up a container with gas ahead of Helene's landfall on Wednesday, September 25, in Cross City, Florida.
People traverse a flooded street in a boat after the passage of Hurricane Helene in Guanimar, Artemisa province, Cuba, on Wednesday.
A Wakulla County firefighter speaks to residents while making note of those who are not evacuating ahead of Hurricane Helene on Wednesday in Panacea, Florida.
Storm damage from Helene in Puerto Juarez, Cancun, Mexico, on Wednesday, September 25.
People fill up sandbags in Clearwater, Florida, on Wednesday.