Follow live updates on Helene here. Hurricane Helene forged a devastating path of floods and wind damage after slamming into Florida’s Big Bend region on Thursday night, submerging much of the state’s Gulf Coast before continuing its destructive march through Georgia and into the mountains of Appalachia.

Heavy rain from Hurricane Helene has caused flooding in Sarasota and Fort Myers, Florida; Savannah and Augusta, Georgia; and Knoxville, Tennessee.

Tampa Bay area of Florida, particularly St. Petersburg, was hit hard by Hurricane Helene, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm Sept. 26, 2024.