ATLANTA—The predicted above-average tropical hurricane season continued with Hurricane Helene’s destruction in the southeastern United States. The hurricane-ravaged parts of Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky. The hurricane’s effects stretched to parts of the Carolinas, Virginia, West Virginia and as far inland as Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
By the afternoon of Sept. 27, the storm had killed at least 40 people in four states—Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas—according to the Associated Press.
Before hitting the U.S., the storm wreaked havoc in parts of Mexico, leaving behind flooded streets.
Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 late Sept. 26, in the sparsely populated Big Bend of Florida and entered Georgia as a Category 2. It continued to hurl across Tennessee and Kentucky as a tropical depression.
Residents of Taylor County, Florida, were asked to evacuate. Those who did not were asked by the sheriff’s office to write their name, birthday and important information on their arm or leg in permanent marker so that they could be identified and their families notified in the event of their death.
States experienced high winds, massive flooding and power outages. Almost 4.5 million people were without power in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky on Sept. 27. Over 181,000 people were in the dark in West Virginia and Ohio, and another 11,000 did not have power in Indiana.
By the afternoon of Sept. 27, dozens of Georgians were still trapped in buildings.
A Tampa, Florida, hospital erected a 10-foot-high flood barrier in preparation for the hurricane. Several Georgia hospitals lost power during the storm. Social media footage depicted severe flooding outside of numerous metro Atlanta apartment complexes, road damage and downed trees.
Backyards and parking lots were turned into lakes, mudslides traveled the mountains of North Carolina and tornadoes caused further destruction.
Grocery stores were emptied, as people sought to prepare for the storm by purchasing water, non-perishable food and other needed items. Classes were canceled in schools. Florida’s airports were closed, while travelers to Atlanta experienced flight delays and cancellations.
Hurricane Helene is the eighth named storm this season, which began June 1, and the fourth hurricane to make landfall in the U.S., with the others being Beryl, Debby and Francine.
“The last time four or more hurricanes hit the U.S. in one season was the devastating 2020 season,” a CNN article pointed out.
As Helene made its way to the U.S., the ninth named storm, Isaac, was already forming in the Atlantic Ocean. Isaac intensified into a hurricane on Sept. 27 and began affecting parts of Bermuda’s coast.
Forecasters said it would head towards Europe and that remnants would affect western Europe. Hours after Isaac strengthened, Tropical Storm Joyce joined the fray. The National Hurricane Center was also tracking two other tropical waves in the Atlantic.
The above-average tropical hurricane season is evidence of Allah’s (God’s) Wrath upon America. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Eternal Leader of the Nation of Islam, has continuously warned the country of Allah’s judgment.
He spoke of four great judgments Allah would use to humble America—rain, hail, snow and earthquakes—because of her mistreatment of Black people and the wickedness the country has spread across the earth.
Hurricanes often produce widespread rainfall that causes severe flooding. A 2022 study by Florida International University researchers found that hurricanes have “steadily been producing more rain over the last 20 years.” They described the trend as a “huge and dangerous increase of water.”
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad wrote on the dangerous impact of too much water on pages 157-160 of his book, “The Fall of America,” in the chapter titled, “Four Great Judgments of America.”
“To be plagued with too much rain will destroy property and lives. It swells the rivers and creeks. Too much rain floods cities and towns. Large bodies of water at the ocean shorelines will be made to swell with unusually high waves, dumping billions of tons of water over the now seashore line,” he wrote, adding that rain destroys property, kills cattle and brings out vicious animals.
“Rain weakens and destroys railroads, truck line beds and bridges. Rain undermines foundations of all types of buildings. Rain makes the atmosphere too heavy with moisture causing sickness,” he continued.
“Wind with rain can bring destruction to towns and cities, bringing various germs, causing sickness to the people. It produces unclean water by the swelling of streams and destroying reservoirs of pure drinking water used for the health of the people. Rain is a destructive army within itself.”
Following in his teacher’s footsteps, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, National Representative of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, has warned America for decades to “watch the weather.” In a January 4, 2016, interview, he cautioned that, “God is going to humble America.”
“Something horrible happened in Texas just a few days ago but you can’t say: who did that? You can call it El Nino. El Nino my foot. That is God’s judgment coming on America as it was written. God has said you have to reap now what you’ve sown.
You’ve destroyed cities and towns in Europe and Africa, in the Middle East. Things that you didn’t want, America destroyed. Now, look at your cities. They’re underwater; your farmland being destroyed; fire burning the lands of California and the West; tornadoes, hurricanes,” Minister Farrakhan said.
He warned the president: “If you can’t see how to turn the wrath of God away from America, I want you to pay close attention to the weather. You’re going to see rain like you’ve never seen it. Snow like you’ve never seen it. God is going to turn the very things that you need to survive and make it your enemy.”
