{"id":107262,"date":"2024-09-26T16:52:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T09:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107262"},"modified":"2024-09-26T16:52:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T09:52:46","slug":"catastrophic-flooding-from-helene-expected-in-southeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107262","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Catastrophic&#8217; flooding from Helene expected in Southeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">A potentially catastrophic flooding threat is building for the Southeast and into the Mid-Atlantic after Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall on Thursday. Rainfall totals could exceed a foot in some areas through Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>ATLANTA <\/strong>\u2014 While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> braces for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/tracking-hurricane-helene-florida-southeast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Helene<\/a>, the size of the storm means widespread impacts across the eastern U.S. later this week, including damaging winds, flooding rains and possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/tornadoes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tornadoes<\/a> in states well into the Southeast, mid-Atlantic and Midwest after landfall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">On its current track, the National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Helene is forecast to make landfall on Florida\u2019s West Coast on Thursday evening as a Category 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/hurricanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hurricane<\/a> with 125-mph winds. After landfall, Helene is forecast to slow down and turn northwest, moving over the Southeast through Friday and Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div data-v-b8684aba=\"\">\n<div class=\"freeform-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/media.foxweather.com\/weather\/Digital_Radar2.gif?v1\"\/><figcaption>Three-hour radar loop. Warning boxes are color coded as: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in yellow, Tornado Warnings in red, Tornado Warnings with confirmed tornado in purple, Flash Flood Warnings in green, and Flash Flood Emergencies in pink.<br \/><strong>(FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/figcaption><hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/helene-map-tracker-cone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TRACKING HELENE: LIVE FORECAST CONE, SPAGHETTI MODELS, ALERTS, WIND PROJECTIONS AND MORE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The large storm will bring widespread heavy rain, damaging wind and possible tornadoes to cities in the Southeast, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/georgia\/atlanta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlanta<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/north-carolina\/asheville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asheville<\/a>, North Carolina. Ahead of those impacts, the governors of Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina have declared states of emergency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div data-v-b8684aba=\"\">\n<div class=\"freeform-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/media.foxweather.com\/weather\/AL09%20Inland%20Wind%20Forecast.png\"\/><fig-caption>Helene wind forecast for the Southeast.<br \/><strong>(FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/fig-caption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Atlanta is under a Tropical Storm Warning, meaning the city could feel tropical storm conditions just hours after Helene makes landfall.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Tropical-storm-force winds will be felt in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/south-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Carolina<\/a> as soon as Thursday and across the Southeast through Saturday, with peak gusts up to hurricane strength in parts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgia<\/a> and South Carolina. Helene is expected to track northwest into Kentucky and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee<\/a>, bringing gusty winds of up to 70 mph.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The NHC is also warning a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/tornadoes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tornado<\/a> or two may occur Wednesday in parts of the western Florida peninsula and southern Alabama.\u00a0The risk of tornadoes will increase Thursday, expanding across Florida and into parts of Georgia and South Carolina.<\/p>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\"><strong>Significant to catastrophic flooding possible through this weekend<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The biggest implications for Helene post-landfall will be the rain totals forecast across multiple states from Georgia to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/kentucky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kentucky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia<\/a> as Helene taps into available moisture in the Southeast and pushes toward the Appalachian Mountains.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;The wind going up to the mountains has nowhere to go but up. As it goes up, like a sponge or a towel, just wrings out all of the moisture. And that adds to the rainfall totals, which is why I think we are easily going to see some of these totals closer to one foot of rain,&#8221; said FOX Weather Meteorologist Craig Herrera. &#8220;Not only that, but the track of the storm, as we know it, goes back and over portions of Tennessee. So having said that, you&#8217;ve got some reemergence of more rain here. So, you factor in the orographic lift, squeezing out the moisture, that&#8217;s just going to add the insult to injury, especially since we have rainfall in today already.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-v-b8684aba=\"\">\n<div class=\"freeform-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/media.foxweather.com\/weather\/AL09%20Appalachian%20Flooding%20Setup.png\"\/><fig-caption>Available moisture in the Appalachian\u2019s.<br \/><strong>(FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/fig-caption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The National Hurricane Center is warning of total rain accumulations of 5-10 inches with isolated totals near 15 inches. Cities such as Atlanta and Augusta in Georgia and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/tennessee\/knoxville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Knoxville<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/tennessee\/chattanooga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chattanooga<\/a> in Tennessee are among those at the greatest flash flooding risk over the next five days.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Catastrophic and life-threatening flash and urban flooding,including landslides, is expected across portions of the southernAppalachians through Friday,&#8221; NHC forecasters wrote in a discussion about Helene. &#8220;Considerable to locally catastrophicflash and urban flooding is likely for northwestern and northernFlorida and the Southeast through Friday. Widespread minor tomoderate river flooding is likely, and isolated major river floodingis possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-v-b8684aba=\"\">\n<div class=\"freeform-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/media.foxweather.com\/weather\/AL09%20Inland%20Rain%20QPF.png\"\/><fig-caption>Forecast rain totals.<br \/><strong>(FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/fig-caption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">National Weather Service offices across the Southeast, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/south-carolina\/greenville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greenville<\/a>, South Carolina, are issuing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/flood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flood Watches<\/a> and Warnings to warn residents of potentially catastrophic flooding. Ahead of Helene&#8217;s rainfall, the region is expected to get several inches of rain from thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;All this precipitation is expected to occur before the rainfall associated with Helene begins moving into our area on Thursday,&#8221; forecasters at the NWS office in Greenville-Spartanburg wrote in their Wednesday discussion. &#8220;Thus, more widespread flooding is likely with this tropical system. Please remain weather aware over the next few days, the potential for major to catastrophic flooding over parts of our forecast area is looking more likely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-v-b8684aba=\"\">\n<div class=\"freeform-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/media.foxweather.com\/weather\/AL09%20THU%20Flash%20Flood%20Outlook.png?ue\"\/><fig-caption>Flash flood outlook for Thursday.<br \/><strong>(FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/fig-caption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 data-v-4e81e892=\"\">Prepare for travel delays<\/h2>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Travelers should also prepare for delays through the weekend. Atlanta International Airport is warning airline travelers that the impacts could have a ripple effect across the Southeast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/where-does-helene-go-after-hitting-florida-southeast-mid-atlantic\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A potentially catastrophic flooding threat is building for the Southeast and into the Mid-Atlantic after Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall on Thursday. 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