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.

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region — where the state’s peninsula meets the Panhandle — about 11:10 p.m., the National Hurricane Center said. The massive system is now “an extremely dangerous Category 4” storm,

Hurricane Helene has made landfall in the Florida Big Bend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on late on Thursday. Helene is located about 45 miles (70 km) east-southeast of Tallahassee, Florida,