Over 40 trillion gallons (151 trillion liters) of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene.
Ed Clark, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Water Center in Alabama, described it as an “astronomical amount of precipitation,” adding that he had never seen anything like it in his 25 years working in the weather service.
The impact of that volume of water—which is enough to fill more than 60 million Olympic-size swimming pools—resulted in 140 deaths across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia after the storm made landfall on September 26, CNN reported Tuesday (October 1).
At least 40 of those fatalities occurred in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Meteorologists estimate that Hurricane Helene resulted from a combination of two or three storm systems, with some suggesting that worsening climate change may also explain why the storm was “wetter and warmer” than other tropical storms affecting North Carolina.
Below, Bored Panda has compiled a selection of photos and videos capturing the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene across the Southeast.
Ed Clark, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Water Center in Alabama, described it as an “astronomical amount of precipitation,” adding that he had never seen anything like it in his 25 years working in the weather service.
The impact of that volume of water—which is enough to fill more than 60 million Olympic-size swimming pools—resulted in 140 deaths across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia after the storm made landfall on September 26, CNN reported Tuesday (October 1).
At least 40 of those fatalities occurred in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Meteorologists estimate that Hurricane Helene resulted from a combination of two or three storm systems, with some suggesting that worsening climate change may also explain why the storm was “wetter and warmer” than other tropical storms affecting North Carolina.
Below, Bored Panda has compiled a selection of photos and videos capturing the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene across the Southeast.
