Florida’s Big Bend region was hammered by Hurricane Helene late Thursday and into Friday morningbet88, as the Category 4 storm made landfall with 140-mile-per-hour winds and brought record-breaking storm surges to the state.

More than a million people were without power in Florida as residents woke up Friday to assess the damage from the storm. Helene, which was downgraded to a tropical storm Friday morning, was moving north into Georgia and the Carolinas during the day.

Wind speeds on Sept. 27 at 7 a.m. Eastern

74+ m.p.h. (hurricane force)

39 - 73 m.p.h. (tropical-storm force)

0 - 38 m.p.h.

Fla. Ga. Ala. Tallahassee Tampa

Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction

By Zach Levitt

Precipitation intensity

Very lightHeavyExtreme Sources: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via Iowa State University  All times on the map are Eastern. By William B. Davis

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