Rapid intensification is when a tropical cyclone increases it’s wind speed by at least 35 mph in a 24 hour timeframe. This ...

exceeding the previous record set by Hurricane Elena in 1985. The sheer size of Helene’s wind field, with tropical-storm-force winds extending 360 miles from the center, played a crucial role in ...

WE SAW THAT WITH HURRICANE HELENE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU ... They carry a broad destructive wind field, often extending hundreds of miles across a storm. Hurricane-force winds of at ...

(WSPA) – On September 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene hit the Upstate and Western North Carolina leaving hundreds of storm-related deaths and billions worth of damages. Thursday marks six months ...

Please consider supporting local journalism with a digital subscription. Hurricane Helene is predicted to make landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, part of a frightening forecast of ...

Of those storms, the federal weather agency forecasts that six to 10 will be hurricanes — with three to five of them major.