Affect on Florida
In Pinellas County, Fla., the influence of Hurricane Helene has delivered to gentle the area’s substantial flood publicity. Whereas Hurricane Eta in 2020 and Hurricane Idalia in 2023 generated NFIP payouts of $51 million and $136 million, respectively, over 22,000 NFIP claims have been filed following Helene, amounting to just about 40% of all claims from the storm, with anticipated payouts exceeding $2 billion. A further 2,000 claims have been filed from Milton.
