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NASA has released images and video of a storm currently pummeling the southeastern coast of the U.S.See one angle of the storm in the video aboveVideo from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shows the massive cloud structure associated with Hurricane Helene as it barreled toward Florida. The storm has been blamed for at least 30 deaths, according to local officials.Helene weakened to a tropical depression over the Carolinas with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph by early afternoon Friday, the National Hurricane Center said.The storm will continue to weaken as it continues to move north. At 2 p.m., Helene was centered about 125 miles southeast of Louisville, Kentucky.Helene wobbled as it approached Florida's coast late Thursday before making landfall near the mouth of the Aucilla River with maximum sustained winds estimated at 140 mph.NASA also posted an alternate video yesterday, with an even clearer look at the storm's spiral. As of 2:30 p.m. Friday, some 4.2 million people across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee were without power, according to poweroutage.us. Most of the outages were in North Carolina and South Carolina — each with more than 1 million outages.Almost 45% of homes and businesses in South Carolina were without power Friday. Whole counties were without electricity as winds gusted to near hurricane force. Additionally, NASA is working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to track Helene and its effects on power grids in the south. Below is an image from NASA, working with data from an NOAA satellite:>> Track Helene: Latest maps and modelsThe Associated Press contributed to this article.
NASA has released images and video of a storm currently pummeling the southeastern coast of the U.S.
See one angle of the storm in the video above
Video from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shows the massive cloud structure associated with Hurricane Helene as it barreled toward Florida.
The storm has been blamed for at least 30 deaths, according to local officials.
Helene weakened to a tropical depression over the Carolinas with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph by early afternoon Friday, the National Hurricane Center said.
The storm will continue to weaken as it continues to move north. At 2 p.m., Helene was centered about 125 miles southeast of Louisville, Kentucky.
Helene wobbled as it approached Florida's coast late Thursday before making landfall near the mouth of the Aucilla River with maximum sustained winds estimated at 140 mph.
NASA also posted an alternate video yesterday, with an even clearer look at the storm's spiral.
As of 2:30 p.m. Friday, some 4.2 million people across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee were without power, according to poweroutage.us. Most of the outages were in North Carolina and South Carolina — each with more than 1 million outages.
Almost 45% of homes and businesses in South Carolina were without power Friday. Whole counties were without electricity as winds gusted to near hurricane force.
Additionally, NASA is working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to track Helene and its effects on power grids in the south. Below is an image from NASA, working with data from an NOAA satellite:
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This NASA composite image shows nighttime lights as Hurricane Helene approaches Florida, created using NOAA-20 satellite data from Sept. 26, 2024. The NASA Disasters team has made data available to FEMA to identify power outages.>> Track Helene: Latest maps and models
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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