Helene has weakened to a tropical storm as of Friday morning and will continue to weaken today as it moves over Georgia toward the Tennessee Valley. The extent of the damage from the storm is yet to be realized but widespread flooding was reported across the Southeast. National Hurricane Center

Hurricane Helene has weakened to a Tropical Storm over Georgia with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph), the National Hurricane Center said.

A hurricane made landfall in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm surge and bring dangerous winds and rain across much of the southeast.