The rain and wind left thousands without power. Some of the hardest hit counties — Taylor, Dixie, Suwannee, Madison — were knocked completely off the grid, according to a USA TODAY power outage tracker.

Tallahassee Mayor John Daly joined Top Story as the city prepares for Hurricane Helene, calling it the "largest, most intense hurricane in the city's history." Daly stated that Tallahassee is bracing for impact,

Official says to prepare for "thousands of downed trees, more than a hundred blocked roads, hundreds of damaged structures, and many, many days of extended power outages."