SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - One year ago today we were watching hurricane Helene in the SE Gulf moving northward toward the Big Bend of Florida. This major storm would bring the biggest storm surge in Suncoast history destroying many structures on the barrier islands along our coast.

The storm surge would be as high as 7 feet on Anna Maria island and a 5-6 ft. surge into Sarasota. It would eventually move to North Carolina and causing catastrophic flooding killing over a hundred people in NC. The name “Helene” has been retired and will never be used again.

This year’s “H” storm is Humberto and it is expected to become the 3rd. major hurricane of the season. It will move to the northwest for a couple of days and then move northward well east of Florida.

Another system is trying to develop ne

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