Satellite images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show the destruction that Hurricane Helene caused when it first made landfall as a Category 4 storm. Late Thursday evening, NOAA's GOES East satellite captured the storm making landfall near Perry in northwest Florida. At the time, the storm's winds reached up to 140 miles per hour, according to NOAA.
The sheriff of Taylor County, where Keaton Beach is located, said the hurricane destroyed 90% of the homes in the area, WCTV News reported. Destroyed homes offer only a glimpse of the damage. The storm uprooted trees, downed powerlines, and flooded entire neighborhoods.
As of Tuesday, more than 49,000 people in Florida were still out of power, according to the state government. Other areas near Florida's Big Bend region, including Dark Island and Fish Creek, sustained damage shown in NOAA's satellite images.
Susan Scoggins owned a coffee shop in Burnsville, North Carolina. When she heard the hurricane was approaching, she wanted to stay and offer food and safety to her community. 'My hope was that Maples would be a little safe haven for people to come to after the hurricane passed. But now, the building is just gone,' she told Business Insider earlier this week. 'There's nothing left.'
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