Helene, the strongest hurricane on record to slam into Florida’s Big Bend region, is now a post-tropical cyclone with winds of 35 mph, leaving at least 59 people dead in five states, leveling communities,

Helene made landfall in Florida on Thursday as a Category 4 hurricane, wreaking havoc across the Southeast, leaving at least 40 people dead and millions without power.

Helene continues to unleash its fury across the Southeast after leaving 49 people dead in multiple states, leveling entire communities and stranding many in flood waters after the historic storm made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday night as a monstrous Category 4 hurricane with roaring 140 mph winds.

Hurricane Helene has caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than 3 million customers go into the week

Helene blew ashore in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday packing winds of 140 m.p.h.