Helene is expected to make landfall on Florida's Big Bend this evening as a major category 4 hurricane, bringing the risk of catastrophic damage.

Roads are flooding and power outages soaring in Florida as the state braces for significant damage from Hurricane Helene. The storm is expected to make landfall tonight in or near the Big Bend Region.

Florida is bracing for “unsurvivable” storm surge from Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 storm. In the afternoon, Helene was accelerating toward Florida’s Big Bend, bringing tropical storm conditions across most of the state’s western coast.