Tampa, St. Pete assess damage after Hurricane Helene
By Henry Queen and Ashley Gurbal Kritzer
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Published: Sep 27, 2024

The Tampa Bay region experienced historic flooding from Hurricane Helene, which sent stormwater surging into neighborhoods and businesses late Thursday as the storm passed more than 100 miles off the coast.

In St. Petersburg, city officials shut down the Northeast sewer treatment plant to protect the plant from unprecedented storm surge. The shutdown was expected to last a minimum of 48 hours, and businesses and residents served by the plant — north of 30th Avenue North and east of Interstate 275 — cannot flush toilets, use bathtubs or do laundry until it is back online. Officials in Tampa asked residents to limit their water usage as two wastewater plants in the city were down due to flooding.

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