One-two punch: Hurricane Milton storm surge finishes destruction Hurricane Helene started
The first was by Hurricane Helene, a storm that passed by Sarasota and Manatee counties about 100 miles offshore, before making landfall the night of Sept. 26 in Florida's Big Bend, near Perry. Helene, Izzo said, ”really ravaged the coastline, but that was different – people got water in their properties with Helene.