\n
Major Hurricane Helene came roaring ashore into Florida in the United States of America, lashing the region with hurricane-force winds and threatening with a potentially \u201cunsurvivable\u201d 20-foot storm surge and flooding rain.<\/p>\n
Fox News reports that Helene made landfall around Taylor County, Florida, between Tallahassee and Tampa, with impacts felt hundreds of miles away.<\/p>\n
According to the report, at least two deaths were reported in Wheeler County, Georgia, where a mobile home was damaged during one of the many Tornado Warnings.<\/p>\n
The hurricane\u2019s storm surge was significant enough to trigger water rescues from the Big Bend to Southwest Florida and mobile homes were even said to be floating in the coastal town of Steinhatchee.<\/p>\n
Power outages have also soared as the center of Helene has moved ashore the coast.<\/p>\n
Currently, more than a million were said to be without power in the Sunshine State as wind gusts neared or even exceeded hurricane-force strength.<\/p>\n
Significant outages were also reported in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.<\/p>\n
FOX Weather\u2019s Ian Oliver said the surge quickly submerged streets around St. Pete Beach on Thursday evening, with high tide several hours away.<\/p>\n
Deadly \u2018Hurricane Helene\u2019 batters Florida, Georgia in USA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Major Hurricane Helene came roaring ashore into Florida in the United States of America, lashing the region with hurricane-force winds…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,5860],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-usa"],"yoast_head":"\n
Deadly \u2018Hurricane Helene\u2019 batters Florida, Georgia in USA - Niger Delta News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deadly \u2018Hurricane Helene\u2019 batters Florida, Georgia in USA - Niger Delta News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Major Hurricane Helene came roaring ashore into Florida in the United States of America, lashing the region with hurricane-force winds…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Niger Delta News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-27T07:04:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"web\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ndnewsng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ndnewsng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"web\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/\",\"name\":\"Deadly \u2018Hurricane Helene\u2019 batters Florida, Georgia in USA - Niger Delta News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bGwqBRtT.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-27T07:04:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-27T07:04:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bGwqBRtT.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bGwqBRtT.jpeg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Deadly \u2018Hurricane Helene\u2019 batters Florida, Georgia in USA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/\",\"name\":\"Niger Delta News\",\"description\":\"Reporting from Niger Delta\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70\",\"name\":\"web\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"web\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/localhost\/nigerdeltanews\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/author\/web\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Deadly \u2018Hurricane Helene\u2019 batters Florida, Georgia in USA - Niger Delta News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Deadly \u2018Hurricane Helene\u2019 batters Florida, Georgia in USA - Niger Delta News","og_description":"Major Hurricane Helene came roaring ashore into Florida in the United States of America, lashing the region with hurricane-force winds…","og_url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/","og_site_name":"Niger Delta News","article_published_time":"2024-09-27T07:04:29+00:00","author":"web","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ndnewsng","twitter_site":"@ndnewsng","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"web","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/","name":"Deadly \u2018Hurricane Helene\u2019 batters Florida, Georgia in USA - Niger Delta News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bGwqBRtT.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-09-27T07:04:29+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-27T07:04:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bGwqBRtT.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bGwqBRtT.jpeg","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/deadly-hurricane-helene-batters-florida-georgia-in-usa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Deadly \u2018Hurricane Helene\u2019 batters Florida, Georgia in USA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/","name":"Niger Delta News","description":"Reporting from Niger Delta","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/464bc60b0ad2e2cefb4acb1ef5d7fb70","name":"web","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40ef2b7d9a5e0f8e21921232ba5c9607?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"web"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/localhost\/nigerdeltanews"],"url":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/author\/web\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}