One year after Hurricane Helene, Pinellas woman remembers loss of friend

One year after Hurricane Helene, Pinellas woman remembers loss of friend

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Heather Anne Boles and Donna Fagersten were best friends and lived near each other on Indian Rocks Beach for years. Boles says she's lived on the Pinellas Beaches for more than 20 years and has been through a number of hurricanes. "Irma, we lost two trees, and Irma was supposed to be the big one," said Boles. "So, when Hurricane Helene came up, they decided they would not leave." "We did not evacuate, obviously, for…

Duke Energy donates $100,000 for hurricane recovery efforts

Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of Tropical Storm – then Hurricane – Helene. In honor of the occasion, Duke Energy Florida hosted an event at its distribution control center in St. Petersburg to award five Pinellas organizations with $20,000 each. These nonprofits have helped local individuals and families recover from the 2024 hurricane season. “We thought it was a perfect… Source