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Updated:
Long Term Recovery
Status:
Florida (FL), North Carolina (NC), South Carolina (SC), Georgia (GA), Virginia (VA)
Affected area(s):
Hurricane Response September 2024
Disaster Reported:
September 26, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM
From late September to mid-October, our Eastern States have faced two major hurricanes. We’re all witnessing the devastation on the news and want to help. Serve Source connects individuals, churches, and business leaders with meaningful ways to make an impact. Here, you can easily join the effort to bring hope to affected communities. Explore our Response Map and Information Resources for links to verified disaster response organizations and active churches making a difference. Your support and volunteer efforts are urgently needed! This page is designed to make it easy for you to connect and deliver hope to those in need.
Hurricane Helene (09/26/2024)
Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend area of the Florida Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm late in the evening of September 26, 2024. Helene's largest impacts were across the southern Appalachians where widespread severe and unprecedented flooding occurred with hundreds of fatalities and billions in property damage. Strong wind gusts damaged property and blew trees and power lines down in a swath from the Gulf Coast to the North Carolina mountains. National Weather Service Overview
Hurricane Helene Overview (October 2024)
Landfall Date: Sept 26, 2024
Type: Tropical cyclone that intensified into a Category 4 hurricane
Path: Originated in the Caribbean, moving northward along the U.S. East Coast. Severe Impact in Multiple areas. See our map below for active relief efforts.
Hurricane Milton (10/07/2024)
Hurricane Milton moved off Florida's east coast early Thursday morning after making landfall as a Category 3 storm around Tampa late Wednesday evening. The dangerous storm caused widespread power outages, affecting over 3 million customers. FOX Weather
Fast Facts (FOX Weather):
Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida late Wednesday evening as a Category 3 storm with winds of 120 mph.
More than 3 million people in Florida are without power Thursday morning as the storm has devastated Florida's coast.
Milton is currently a Category 1 storm and has moved off the coast, bringing destructive winds, flooding rains and storm surge in its wake.
More than 10 inches of rain has fallen so far in some parts of Florida and an additional 8 to 12 inches of rain is possible in many areas.
St. Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson also confirmed to Fox Weather that there have been 17 tornadoes along with several fatalities in his county, with "a rescue mission ongoing, and hundreds of homes destroyed."