Helene's storm surge, wind damage and inland flooding has been catastrophic. Rescues are ongoing and the cleanup is underway on Saturday after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region Thursday night as a massive Category 4 hurricane -- the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Big Bend on record.

Emergency crews rushed Friday to rescue people trapped in flooded homes after Helene roared ashore as a powerful Category 4 hurricane in Florida, generating a massive storm surge and knocking out power to millions of customers in several states.

Hurricane Helene. The disaster ravaged the southeastern regions of the United States. "It looks like a bomb went off," residents report. "It looks like a tornado hit, like a bomb went off," recounted