Helene is expected to make landfall on Florida's Big Bend this evening as a major category 4 hurricane, bringing the risk of catastrophic damage.

Helene threatening an “unsurvivable” storm surge in parts of Florida and damaging winds, rains, and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern US, forecasters said.

Helene is expected to make landfall in the Florida Big Bend region Thursday night before moving inland at a fast pace across the Southeast.