Summary
- Hurricane Helene has caused havoc across several states in the southeastern US after making landfall overnight in northwestern Florida as a category 4 storm.
- At least five people have been killed, with widespread power outages and evacuations reported.
- Governors in multiple states declared emergencies to deal with the storm, one of the largest hurricanes to hit the Gulf Coast.
- Helene has weakened to a tropical storm over Georgia, causing power outages affecting nearly 3.2 million people.