Hurricane Helene has been upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane as it hurtles toward making landfall on the Florida coast. A Category 4 hurricane is capable of 130 mph to 156 mph winds and can cause severe damage to well-framed homes.

Helene is more then 400 miles across and is one of the largest hurricanes ever to hit the coast of Gulf of Mexico

Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast, making landfall late Thursday as a powerful Category 4 storm, bringing with 140 mph winds, torrential rain and a record storm surge before moving inland across Georgia and the Carolinas.