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With Hurricane Helene set to make landfall in Florida's Big Bend Thursday as a category 4 hurricane with a wind speed of up to 130 mph (210 kmph), almost all of Florida's west coast was placed on a storm surge warning.

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.

Helene blew ashore in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday packing winds of 140 mph (225 kph) and then quickly moved through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee.

Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.