‘Still suffering’: Residents in Florida’s new hurricane alley brace for Helene impact

By Ana Goñi-Lessan, James Call and Jeff Burlew
The Tallahassee Democrat
September 23, 2024
Category: Forestry
Region: United States, US East

FLORIDA — Everyone is gun shy in Taylor County, Florida. …After Hurricane Idalia, then Hurricane Debby, Florida residents aren’t taking any chances, he said. …Tropical Cyclone Nine in the Gulf of Mexico, soon-to-be Helene, shows Florida’s Big Bend as a likely destination for a Thursday landfall of a possible Category 3 hurricane. It’s still too early to pinpoint the exact location of landfall, but the storm could land in Taylor County again – making it the third time the area has been hit by a hurricane in a little over a year. …Michelle Curtis has worked in the forestry industry for more than 50 years, and said the region is still reeling from the one – two punch Idalia and Debby delivered. The two storms created about a combined $500 million in agricultural losses, according to a University of Florida. 

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